Celiac plexus block: evaluation of injectate spread by three-dimensional computed tomography.
We describe a case of pancreatic cancer in which the spread pattern of injectate during neurolytic celiac plexus block was evaluated by three-dimensional helical computed tomography. Three-dimensional images provide excellent visualization of the spread patterns of injectate in a target site, which appears to provide patients with effective relief from intractable pain.
Department of Surgery, Satoh Memorial Hospital, Shoo-Cho Kokudo 45, Katsuta-gun, Okayama 709-4312, Japan.
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D001340:Autonomic Nerve Block; D002447:Celiac Plexus; D000431:Ethanol; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000517:prevention & control; D010166:Palliative Care; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed
D000431:Ethanol