title: Chronic pain management--upper visceral malignancies coeliac plexus block with CT scanning--a case report.
abstract: Coeliac plexus block has been described more than seventy years ago and is widely used for chronic pain management in upper visceral malignancies. The technique described here is a posterior approach using CT scan guidance with absolute ethyl alcohol. A case illustration of a patient with carcinoma of pancreas managed with coeliac plexus block for pain control is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Choy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Puvenesvari
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Samad
mesh_terms: D002447:Celiac Plexus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000379:methods*; D059408:Pain Management; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed