• Med. J. Malaysia · Sep 1998

    Case Reports

    Chronic pain management--upper visceral malignancies coeliac plexus block with CT scanning--a case report.

    • Y C Choy, S Puvenesvari, and S Samad.
    • Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
    • Med. J. Malaysia. 1998 Sep 1; 53 (3): 277-9.

    AbstractCoeliac 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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