Sassenou Ismail, Heyries Laurent, Bastid Christophe, Bernard Jean-Paul, Sahel José
Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Hôpital Sainte-Marguerite, 270 bd Sainte-Marguerite, BP 29, 13274 Marseille Cedex 09.
Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 2003 Mar;27(3 Pt 1):339-40.
Celiac plexus block guided by ultrasonography is an efficient technique for treatment of pain due to solar syndrome. Neurological complication of this therapeutic method can be avoided using an anterior route. We report the occurrence of splenic necrosis after celiac plexus block, which represents an exceptional complication of the therapeutic procedure.