Celiac plexus neurolysis in pancreatic cancer: The endoscopic ultrasound approach

Table 2 Immediate and late complications reported for endoscopic ultrasound-guided celiac plexus neurolysis in adenocarcinoma patients

Ref.	No. of procedures	Complications	Indication	Technique	Substance
Muscatiello et al[16]	1	Retroperitoneal abscess	PC	Not stated	Alcohol + bupivacaine
Gimeno-García et al[49]	1	Celiac axis infarction, kidney, splenic, hepatic infarction, death	PC	Bilateral	Alcohol + bupivacaine
Fujii et al[50]	1	Anterior spinal cord infarction with lower paraplegia	PC	Ganglia + central	Alcohol + bupivacaine
Wiechowska-Kozłowska et al[25]	29	Hypotension-1	PC	Bilateral + central	Alcohol + bupivacaine
		Pain exacerbation-2
		Transient diarrhoea-3
Mittal et al[53]	1	Anterior spinal cord infarct with lower paraplegia	PC	Ganglia + central	Alcohol + bupivacaine
O’Toole et al[17]	31	Hypotension-1	PC	Bilateral	Alcohol + bupivacaine
Levy et al[15]	17	Pain exacerbation-2	PC	Ganglia	Alcohol + bupivacaine
Leblanc et al[14]	20	Lightheadedness-1	PC	Central + ganglia	Alcohol+ bupivacaine
		Transient diarrhea-2
		Transient nausea and vomiting-3
Doi et al[23]	68	Transient hypotension-3	PC	Central + ganglia	Alcohol + bupivacaine
		Upper gastrointestinal bleeding-1
		Pain exacerbation-17
		Transient diarrhea-5
		Inebration-2
Jang et al[52]	1	Liver and splenic infarction, ischemia of the stomach and small bowel	Pancreatic metastasis	Central	Alcohol + bupivacaine + triamcinolone

PC: Plexus neurolysis in adenocarcinoma.