Clinical Study
Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Celiac Plexus Neurolysis in Pancreatic Cancer: A Prospective Pilot Study of Safety Using 10 mL versus 20 mL Alcohol
Table 1
Patient characteristics.
| | | 10 mL alcohol | 20 mL alcohol | P value |
| | Gender | | | 0.65 | | Male | 5 | 4 | | | Female | 5 | 6 | | | Mean (SD) age | 66 (14) | 63 (10) | 0.5 | | Race | | | 0.3 | | Caucasian | 9 | 10 | | | African American | 1 | 0 | | | Location in pancreas | | | 0.41 | | Head | 3 | 4 | | | Uncinate | | 1 | | | Body | 4 | 1 | | | Tail | 0 | 1 | | | Multiple | 3 | 3 | | | Immediate complications | | | 0.11 | | None | 8 | 4 | | | Lightheadedness | 1 | | | | Diarrhea | 1 | 5 | | | Nausea/vomiting | 0 | 1 | | | Ganglia injection | 5 | 5 | 1 | | Adjuvant radiation | 4 | 2 | 0.61 | | Adjuvant chemotherapy | 6 | 7 | 0.87 | | ED visit prior EUS-CPN* | 4 | 5 | 0.81 |
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*Subjects who visited the emergency department for pain control prior to study entry.
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