Abstract
Pancreatic cancer is a malignant tumor with a low 5-year survival rate. Analgesia is an important part in the treatment of pancreatic cancer. Conventionally, pain is alleviated using nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents and/or opioid analgesics, following the three-step analgesic ladder pain management strategy recommended by the World Health Organization. However, pain is difficult to control in some cases. Under such circumstances, celiac plexus neurolysis (CPN), in which the celiac plexus is chemically ablated, has been widely performed as an alternative treatment for alleviating cancer-associated pain. This review introduces several ways of CPN and focuses on CPN guided by endoscopic ultrasound.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Pancreatic Cancer |
Subtitle of host publication | A Multidisciplinary Approach |
Publisher | Springer International Publishing |
Pages | 199-206 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783031057243 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783031057236 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 22 2022 |
Keywords
- Celiac plexus neurolysis
- Endoscopic ultrasound
- Pancreatic cancer
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine