Spinal cord ischemia after endoscopic ultrasound guided celiac plexus neurolysis: case report and review of the literature

Koker I. H. , Aralasmak A. , Unver N. , Asil T. , Senturk H.

SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, vol.52, no.10, pp.1158-1161, 2017 (Journal Indexed in SCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Review
  • Volume: 52 Issue: 10
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/00365521.2017.1335771
  • Title of Journal : SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
  • Page Numbers: pp.1158-1161

Abstract

Introduction: Endosonography guided celiac plexus neurolysis is efficacious in the management of severe pain due to advanced pancreatic cancer. Although endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) guided celiac neurolysis (CN) is mostly a safer procedure than the percutaneous posterior approach, severe complications such as paraplegia have been reported.