Endoskopisk ultralydvejledt plexus coeliacus-neurolyse til smertebehandling ved cancer pancreatis

TY - JOUR

T1 - Endoskopisk ultralydvejledt plexus coeliacus-neurolyse til smertebehandling ved cancer pancreatis

AU - Vilmann, Andreas Slot

AU - Karstensen, John Gésdal

AU - Cherciu, Irina

AU - Vilmann, Peter

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - Pain is among the most common symptoms in patients with pancreatic cancer and up to 80% require analgesics, most often as opioids. Unfortunately the analgesic effect is frequently insufficient, and increasing doses are required, resulting in unpleasant side effects. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided neurolysis is a well established method to alleviate or reduce pain due to pancreatic cancer with a documented effect in 80% of patients. The aim of this review is to draw attention to endoscopic ultrasound-guided neurolysis and to discuss its potential which may not be fully utilized.

AB - Pain is among the most common symptoms in patients with pancreatic cancer and up to 80% require analgesics, most often as opioids. Unfortunately the analgesic effect is frequently insufficient, and increasing doses are required, resulting in unpleasant side effects. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided neurolysis is a well established method to alleviate or reduce pain due to pancreatic cancer with a documented effect in 80% of patients. The aim of this review is to draw attention to endoscopic ultrasound-guided neurolysis and to discuss its potential which may not be fully utilized.

M3 - Tidsskriftartikel

C2 - 25498187

SN - 0041-5782

VL - 176

SP - 2

EP - 5

JO - Ugeskrift for Laeger

JF - Ugeskrift for Laeger

M1 - V07140404

ER -