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"20 to 50 mL of ethanol, with concentrations of 50–100%, is the most commonly used neurolytic agent in clinical practice. Phenol is also used as a neurolytic agent. Bupivacaine or lidocaine, as local anaesthetics, have been used for coeliac plexus block."

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Adjectival Hyphens

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"All patients should be interviewed before the procedure to obtain a baseline pain score to compare with post-procedural pain. A visual analogue scale can be used to quantify a patient's subjective pain while the doses of pain medication taken can be used as objective markers of procedural outcome."

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EG List And

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"Puncture complications to the upper abdominal viscera (e.g. liver, stomach, pancreas and bowel) are rare."

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Headings Valid

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Expected headings

H1 Indications
H1 Contraindications
H1 Preprocedural evaluation
H1 Procedure
H2 Equipment
H2 Technique
H2 Postprocedural care
H1 Postprocedural evaluation
H2 Radiographic features
H1 Complications
H1 Outcomes
H1 History and etymology
H1 See also

"Pain"

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"Diarrhoea"

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"Orthostatic hypotension"

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"Neurological"

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"Other"

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Commas

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"This usually includes patients with advanced cancers, especially from upper abdominal viscera, such as the pancreas, stomach, duodenum, proximal small bowel, liver and the biliary tract, or due to enlarged lymph nodes."

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"Other rarely reported complications include impotence, gastroparesis, superior mesenteric vein thrombosis, chylothorax, pneumothorax, chemical pericarditis, aortic pseudoaneurysm, aortic dissection, haemorrhage and retroperitoneal fibrosis."

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Oxford Comma

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"This usually includes patients with advanced cancers, especially from upper abdominal viscera, such as the pancreas, stomach, duodenum, proximal small bowel, liver and the biliary tract, or due to enlarged lymph nodes."

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"Other rarely reported complications include impotence, gastroparesis, superior mesenteric vein thrombosis, chylothorax, pneumothorax, chemical pericarditis, aortic pseudoaneurysm, aortic dissection, haemorrhage and retroperitoneal fibrosis."

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Biographical Lifespan

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"History and etymology"

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