"Celiac Plexus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A complex network of nerve fibers including sympathetic and parasympathetic efferents and visceral afferents. The celiac plexus is the largest of the autonomic plexuses and is located in the abdomen surrounding the celiac and superior mesenteric arteries.
| Descriptor ID |
D002447
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.800.050.050.150 A08.800.800.060.150
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| Concept/Terms |
Celiac Plexus- Celiac Plexus
- Plexus, Celiac
- Coeliac Plexus
- Plexus, Coeliac
- Plexus Coeliacus
- Coeliacus, Plexus
- Solar Plexus
- Plexus, Solar
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Celiac Plexus" by people in Profiles.
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When the world health organization analgesic therapies ladder fails: the role of invasive analgesic therapies. Oncol Nurs Forum. 2003 Sep-Oct; 30(5):777-83.
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Coeliac plexus block for pain in pancreatic cancer and chronic pancreatitis. Br J Surg. 1983 Dec; 70(12):730-2.