J Korean Pain Soc.
1994 May;7(1):116-118.
Dysaesthesia of Inguinal Area Following Splanchnic Nerve Block with Alcohol
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- 1Department of Anesthesiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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- Neurolytic splanchnic nerve block is effective for treatment of intractable upper abdominal cancer in. The possibility of neurologic complication cannot be completely precluded. A 53 year-oldofemale patient with hepatoma and lung metastasis was submitted for splanchnic nerve b1ock with alcohol. Splanchnic nerve block was performed under radiologic control by image intensifier without any difficulty during procedure. One day after the block, she complained 0f numbness with sensory deficit in bilateral inguinal area. Neurologic examination revealed that asymmetrical anesthesia, hypoesthesia at T12,-L2. She was discharged 70 days after the block with partial improvement. The possibility of alcohol spreading to the low theracic and upper lumbar somatic nerves cannot be excluded.
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