Treatment of IntractabIe Cancer Pain with Alcohol Celiac Plexus Block .
10.4097/kjae.1977.10.2.117
- Author:
Yoo Young CHO
1
;
Duck Mi YOON
;
Jong Rae KIM
;
Hung Kun OH
;
Kwang Won PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Celiac Plexus*;
Hospitalization;
Methods;
Pain, Intractable;
Palliative Care
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
1977;10(2):117-122
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Intractable pain from nonresectable or recurrent cancer of upper abdominal organs has been treated in many ways. We chose the method of 50% alcohol celiac plexus block for the pain relief. The results were as follows: 1) It is relatively simple, highly effective, and a less hazardous means of palliative therapy. 2) Satisfactory pain relief was seen in 11 cases (91.7%), excluding 1 case (8.3%) with no improvement in hospitalization state. We concluded this block is remarkably safe as well as effective and should be employed more frequently.
