EUS-guided Celiac Plexus Neurolysis – Technique and Indication

N. Schmulewitz; R. Hawes

doi:10.1055/s-2003-41530

Endoscopy, Table of Contents

Endoscopy 2003; 35(8): S49-S53
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-41530

Endoscopic Ultrasonography

EUS-guided Celiac Plexus Neurolysis – Technique and Indication

N. Schmulewitz¹ , R. Hawes¹

¹Medical University of South Carolina, Digestive Disease Center, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Charleston, South Carolina

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