Splanchnicotomy and Thoracic Sympathicotomy for Control of Intractable Abdominal Pain: One Case Report.
- Author:
Jung Joo HWANG
1
;
Jae Young KIM
;
Doo Yun LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Respiratory Center, Yondong Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Splanchnic nerve;
Pain;
Thoraloscopy
- MeSH:
Abdominal Pain*;
Celiac Plexus;
Needles;
Pancreatic Neoplasms;
Pancreatitis;
Splanchnic Nerves;
Sympathectomy;
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted;
Thoracoscopes
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2000;33(12):995-997
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Pain of intraabdominal organ is transduced through splanchnic and sympathetic nerve. Mallet- Guy et al introduced the method of splanchnicectomy and lumbar sympathectomy for control of pain of pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer. It has been considered as an out-dated procedure because of the long surgical incisions and the development of celiac plexus block with long needles. However, as VATS was recently applied to many thoracic surgical fields, splanchnicotomy assisted by a thoracoscope is considered as a good method for intractable abdominal pain.
