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Table 9 Serious adverse events of endoscopic ultrasound-guided celiac plexus neurolysis/celiac plexus block

Ref.	Journal	Year	Complication	Indication	Technique
Gress et al[247]	Gastrointest Endosc	1997	1 retroperitoneal bleeding	CP	EUS-CPN
			1 retroperitoneal abscess	CP	EUS-CPB
Mahajan et al[248]	Gastrointest Endosc	2002	3 empyema	CP	EUS-CPB
Muscatiello et al[249]	Endoscopy	2006	1 retroperitoneal abscess	PC	EUS-CPN
Sahai et al[174]	Am J Gastroenterol	2009	1 retroperitoneal bleeding	CP	EUS-CPB
O’Toole et al[173]	Endoscopy	2009	1 retroperitoneal abscess	CP	EUS-CPB
Ahmed et al[250]	Endoscopy	2009	1 ischemia	CP	EUS-CPN
Shin SK et al[251]	Korean J Pain	2010	1 ejaculatory failure	CP	EUS-CPB
Lalueza et al[252]	Endoscopy	2011	1 brain abscess	CP	EUS-CPN
Gimeno-Garcia et al[253]	Endoscopy	2012	1 ischemia/death	CP	EUS-CPN
Fujii et al[254]	Endoscopy	2012	1 spinal cord infarction/paralysis	PC	EUS-CPN-G
Mittal et al[255]	Neurology	2012	1 spinal cord infarction/paralysis	PC	EUS-CPN-G
Loeve et al[256]	Gastrointest Endosc	2013	1 gastric necrosis/death	PC	EUS-CPN
Jang et al[257]	Clin Endosc	2013	1 hepatic-bowel infarction/death	PC	EUS-CPN
Doi et al[162]	Endoscopy	2013	1 GI bleeding (puncture site)	PC	EUS-CGN

CP: Chronic pancreatitis; PC: Pancreatic cancer; CPN: Celiac plexus neurolysis; CPB: Celiac plexus block.