PMID: 9416713Jan 7, 1998Paper

Single-needle celiac plexus block: is needle tip position critical in patients with no regional anatomic distortions?

Anesthesiology
M De CiccoV Testa

Abstract

The "single-needle" celiac plexus block is becoming a popular technique. Despite different approaches and methods used to place the needle, the success of the block depends on adequate spread of the injectate in the celiac area. In the present retrospective study, the influence of needle tip position in relation to the celiac artery on injectate spread was evaluated. Among 138 cancer patients subjected, via an anterior approach, to computed tomography (CT)-guided single-needle neurolytic celiac plexus block, a radiologist, blinded to the aim of the study, retrospectively selected 53 cases with normal anatomy of the celiac area as judged by CT. The decision was based on images obtained before the block. Patients were then classified into either group A (29 patients), in whom the needle tip was caudad to the celiac artery, and group B (24 patients), in whom it was cephalad. To evaluate CT patterns of neurolytic (mixed with contrast) spread, the celiac area was divided on the frontal plane into four quadrants: upper right and left and lower right and left, as related to the celiac artery. Patient assessments by visual analog scale were reviewed to evaluate the degree of pain relief. Pain relief 30 days after block was judged as lo...Continue Reading

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