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The past year's experience of the Pain and Regional Anesthesia Service at Hartford Hospital with neurolytic celiac plexus blockade for pancreatic cancer has been reviewed. The series includes eight patients with intractable pain from pancreatic cancer as well as two patients with pain from other abdominal malignancies. Nearly all patients noted good to excellent analgesia for up to 11 months. The only complication noted was one episode of mild, transient hypotension. Neurolytic celiac plexus blockade is a safe and effective means to relieve the terminal pain associated with not only pancreatic cancer but also other abdominal malignancies.
Conn Med 1989 May
PMID:Pain therapy for pancreatic carcinoma with neurolytic celiac plexus block. 247 51

Posterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy is a new minimally invasive method. It represents an alternative to conventional open procedures and laparoscopic techniques. Between July 1994 and November 1995 a total of 30 retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomies were performed on 27 patients. In 24 patients, unilateral tumors were seen (size 1-7 cm): seven Cushing adenomas, five Conn adenomas, seven pheochromocytomas, four hormonally inactive tumors, one cyst. Three patients suffered from Cushing syndrome with bilateral adrenal gland hyperplasias (two inoperable pituitary gland tumors, one bronchial carcinoid with ACTH secretion). The operations were carried out in prone position. After balloon dilatation of the retroperitoneum and creation of a pneumoperitoneum the preparation of the adrenal gland was performed via three trocar sites positioned below the 12th rib. Twenty-five adrenalectomies were completed endoscopically, and five times (among four patients) conversion to the conventional posterior technique was necessary. The average operating time of complete endoscopic adrenalectomies was 124 minutes (45-225 minutes); blood loss was 10 to 120 ml. With minimal need for postoperative analgesia (average dosage 7.9 mg of piritramide), mobilization and adequate food uptake were possible on the day of operation. The posterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy is a relatively fast, safe method, with the advantages of the posterior open approach and minimally invasive surgery. It therefore represents an important addition to adrenal gland surgery.
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PMID:Posterior retroperitoneoscopy as a new minimally invasive approach for adrenalectomy: results of 30 adrenalectomies in 27 patients. 867 49