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 4
Characteristics of complete responders*.
| Characteristics | 10 mL alcohol | 20 mL alcohol |
| N | 3 | 3 | Mean age (SD) | 51 (10) | 66 (10) | Number of subjects with ganglia injected | 2 | 2 | Median (range) onset of pain relief (days) | 1 ( 1–14) | 1 (1–14) | Median (range) duration of pain relief (weeks) | 23 (3–32) | 8 (3–30) | Median (range) duration of complete response (weeks) | 17 (1–22) | 11 (3–21) |
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*Complete responders were subjects who had pain scores of zero.
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