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Endosonography-guided celiac plexus neurolysis
N Harada1, M J Wiersema, L M Wiersema
1Department of Medicine, St. Vincent Hospitals, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America
|April 1, 1997
Abstract:
Endosonography-guided celiac plexus neurolysis is a new technique that permits chemical splanchnicectomy in patients with abdominal pain due to malignancy. The procedure can be performed on an outpatient basis in individuals undergoing endosonographic examinations for staging and biopsy purposes.