Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy-Splanchnicectomy for Pancreatic Cancer Pain
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Thoracoscopic Splanchnicectomy for Pain Control in Irresectable Pancreatic Cancer
Introduction : Severepain is a major problem in patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer. The goal of this study is to evaluate the effects of Thoracoscopic Splanchnicectomy (TS) on pain control in these patients suffering from unresectable pancreatic cancer. Methods:Between years 2000 to 2011, 20 patients suffering from unresectable pancreatic cancer underwent TS due to severe pain. They w...
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Persistent pain is a serious problem that often contributes to a poor quality of life in pancreatic cancer patients. Medical management by opioid analgesics is often accompanied by side effects and incomplete pain relief. A celiac plexus block is a simple treatment which relieves pain, but the procedure demands a certain degree of proficiency and the duration of the effects obtained can be rath...
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A serious problem for patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer and chronic pancreatitis is pain. For many of these patients medical therapy is unable to assure a good control of it. Celiac plexus nerve block and surgical denervation of the pancreas have proven their superiority over medical therapy. Thoracoscopic splanchnicectomy is a palliative procedure that consists in identification and...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0885-3924
DOI: 10.1016/s0885-3924(01)00297-4