Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Celiac Plexus Neurolysis in Pancreatic Cancer: A Prospective Pilot Study of Safety Using 10 mL versus 20 mL Alcohol

Table 2

Characteristics of pain relief.

	10 mL alcohol	20 mL alcohol	P value
Total subjects	10	10
Number of subjects who had ganglia injected	5	5	1
Pain relief	8 (80%)	10 (100%)	0.21
Median (range) onset of pain relief (days)	1 (1–14)	1 (1–14)
Mean (SD) onset of pain relief (days)	4.3 (6.0)	4.2 (5.5)	0.81
Median (range) duration of pain relief (weeks)	3.0 (0–32)	3.5 (2–30)
Mean (SD) duration of pain relief (weeks)	7.9 (10.8)	8.4 (9.2)	0.9

SD: standard deviation.