celiac plexus block
celiac plexus block
Pain management A nerve block for severe, often cancer-related pain, the most commonly performed neurolytic nerve block, used early in managing pain due to pancreatic and other upper abdominal malignancies Adverse effects Diarrhea, orthostatic hypotension, pneumo-thorax, neurologic sequelae–eg, L-1 root neuralgia or paraplegia. See Nerve block, Neurolytic block, Nonneurolytic block.