Blue Lung: A Complication of Methylene Blue Paravertebral Block During Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Lobectomy

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2023 Dec;37(12):2600-2602. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2023.09.001. Epub 2023 Sep 6.

Authors

Beatrice Leonardi¹, Giovanni Natale², Francesco Leone², Anna Rainone², Maria Antonietta Puca², Mario Grande², Gaetana Messina², Giovanni Vicidomini², Alfonso Fiorelli²

Affiliations

¹ Thoracic Surgery Unit, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy. Electronic address: beatriceleonardi01@gmail.com.
² Thoracic Surgery Unit, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.

PMID: 37798238
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2023.09.001

No abstract available

Keywords: VATS lobectomy; lung cancer; paravertebral block; regional anesthesia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Humans
Lung
Lung Neoplasms* / surgery
Methylene Blue / adverse effects
Nerve Block* / adverse effects
Pneumonectomy / adverse effects
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / adverse effects

Substances

Methylene Blue