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[Splenic necrosis after percutaneous celiac plexus block guided by ultrasonography]
Ismail Sassenou1, Laurent Heyries, Christophe Bastid
1Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Hôpital Sainte-Marguerite, 270 bd Sainte-Marguerite, BP 29, 13274 Marseille Cedex 09. jsahel@mail.ap-hm.fr
Gastroenterologie Clinique Et Biologique
|April 18, 2003
Abstract:
Celiac plexus block guided by ultrasonography is an efficient technique for treatment of pain due to solar syndrome. Neurological complication of this therapeutic method can be avoided using an anterior route. We report the occurrence of splenic necrosis after celiac plexus block, which represents an exceptional complication of the therapeutic procedure.