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Alternative Medicine
Alternative approach to neurolysis is successful in blocking pelvic pain
August 11th, 2005
Alternative approach to neurolysis is successful in blocking intractable pelvic pain. "Superior hypogastric plexus block has been advocated for the treatment of cancer-related pelvic pain. Neurolysis is usually established using the classical posterolateral approach in the prone position, in which correct placement of the needle is sometimes difficult due to vertebral anatomy and the patient's inability to lie prone," scientists writing in the Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine report. G. Turker and colleagues from the Uludag University in Bursa, described, "an alternative posteromedian transdiscal approach under fluoroscopic guidance for...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-08-11)
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