Development of Bilateral Herpes Zoster following Thoracoscopic Splanchnicectomy
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Thoracoscopic Splanchnicectomy
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: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0310-057X,1448-0271
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0603400306