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Diarrhoea—an unrecognised hazard of coeliac plexus block
Author(s) -
Dean A. P.,
Reed W. D.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1991.tb03001.x
Subject(s) - medicine , somatostatin analogue , plexus , celiac plexus , diarrhea , surgery , octreotide , anesthesia , gastroenterology , somatostatin
Coeliac plexus block is a safe procedure with relatively few side‐effects. We report two cases of persistent severe diarrhoea following coeliac plexus block and explore the possible reasons for this previously unrecognised side‐effect. We postulate that somatostatin analogue may be useful as treatment for diarrhoea following neurolytic coeliac plexus block that is unresponsive to conventional anti‐diarrhoeal agents.