[Splenic necrosis after percutaneous celiac plexus block guided by ultrasonography].

Gastroenterol Clin Biol

Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Hôpital Sainte-Marguerite, 270 bd Sainte-Marguerite, BP 29, 13274 Marseille Cedex 09.

Published: March 2003

Celiac plexus block guided by ultrasonography is an efficient technique for treatment of pain due to solar syndrome. Neurological complication of this therapeutic method can be avoided using an anterior route. We report the occurrence of splenic necrosis after celiac plexus block, which represents an exceptional complication of the therapeutic procedure.

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