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.