J Korean Pain Soc.
1988 Dec;1(2):171-176.
The Celiac Plexus Block and the Lumbar Sympathetic Ganglion Block for the Upper and Lower Abdominal Cancer Pain: 7 cases
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Anesthesiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 2Department of Anesthesiology, Minjoong Hospital, Kunkuk University.
Abstract
- It is well known that the celiac plexus block is specially useful for relieve intractable upper abdominal pain caused by upper abdominal visceral malignancy or upper abdominal metastasis from distant organs. But in cases of lower abdominal or pelvic metastasis from upper abdominal malig-nancy, the lower abdominal intractable pain is remained after the successful celiac plexus block. We have reported 7 cases of celiac plexus block combined with lumbar sympathetic ganglion block, among the 305 cases of the celiac plexus block from 1968 to Nov. 1987, performed in patients with lower abdominal or back pain due to carcinomatosis of lower abdominal metastatic malignancy, that their results were excellent for pain relief.
