Review Article
Splanchnicectomy for Pancreatic Cancer Pain
Table 2
Results of reported transhiatal bilateral splanchnicectomy.
| | Author | Operation time (min) | Complications | Assessment of pain | Pain scores before/after surgery | Patients free of opioids (%) |
| Sastre et al.
[18] | NR | Pneumothorax (),
chylothorax (),
splenic injury () | Three-step scale | 32 in good (after 3 months) | NR |
| Shimada et al.
[19] | NR | Transient hypotension (), pleural damage () | 0–4 pain score | 3.5/1.4 (after 2 months) | NR |
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