Chronic pain management--upper visceral malignancies coeliac plexus block with CT scanning--a case report.
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.
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Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
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Samad
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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