TY - JOUR
T1 - Bilateral thoracic sympathectomy splanchnicectomy in the treatment of intractable pain due to pancreatic carcinoma
AU - Sadar, E. S.
AU - Cooperman, A. M.
PY - 1974
Y1 - 1974
N2 - 56 Patients with intractable abdominal or back pain, or both, due to pancreatic carcinoma, underwent bilateral thoracic sympathectomy and splanchnicectomy. 70% of these patients had good or complete relief of pain as defined in this study: 23% of those with good or complete relief, experienced some recurrence or increase in pain, but this was usually in the long term survivors (average 11 mth), and was not usually severe. Overall operative mortality in this series of patients subjected to both bilateral splanchnicectomy and at least to exploratory laparotomy, was 7%.
AB - 56 Patients with intractable abdominal or back pain, or both, due to pancreatic carcinoma, underwent bilateral thoracic sympathectomy and splanchnicectomy. 70% of these patients had good or complete relief of pain as defined in this study: 23% of those with good or complete relief, experienced some recurrence or increase in pain, but this was usually in the long term survivors (average 11 mth), and was not usually severe. Overall operative mortality in this series of patients subjected to both bilateral splanchnicectomy and at least to exploratory laparotomy, was 7%.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0016337534
U2 - 10.3949/ccjm.41.4.185
DO - 10.3949/ccjm.41.4.185
M3 - Article
C2 - 4434624
AN - SCOPUS:0016337534
SN - 0009-8787
VL - 41
SP - 185
EP - 188
JO - Cleveland Clinic Quarterly
JF - Cleveland Clinic Quarterly
IS - 4
ER -