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Thoracoscopic Splanchnicectomy for Relief of Intractable Pain in Pancreatic Cancer - 2 case reports -  

Kim, Jae-Jun (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine)
Wang, Young-Pil (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine)
Park, Jae-Kil (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine)
Suh, Jong-Hui (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine)
Moon, Seok-Whan (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, St, Paul's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine)
Kim, Young-Du (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
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Journal of Chest Surgery / v.42, no.6, 2009 , pp. 785-788 More about this Journal
Abstract
Many patients with upper abdominal organ cancers, including pancreatic cancer, suffer from severe pain, and various methods and techniques have been used for relieving this pain. We present here two cases of patients with pancreatic cancer and they were both successfully relieved of their abdominal pain by performing video-assisted thoracoscopic sympathectomy and splanchnicectomy. This minimally invasive procedure offers promise in carefully selected patients with severe pain from pancreatic cancer and other conditions.
Keywords
Thoracoscopy; Sympathectomy; Pain, intractable; Pancreatic cancer;
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