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Diarrhoea--an unrecognised hazard of coeliac plexus block
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine
|February 1, 1991
Abstract:
Coeliac plexus block is a safe procedure with relatively few side-effects. We report two cases of persistent severe diarrhoea following coeliac plexus block and explore the possible reasons for this previously unrecognised side-effect. We postulate that somatostatin analogue may be useful as treatment for diarrhoea following neurolytic coeliac plexus block that is unresponsive to conventional anti-diarrhoeal agents.