Subpleural pulmonary nodule marking with patent blue V dye prior to surgical resection.

Background And Objective: Subpleural located pulmonary nodules are perioperatively invisible to the surgeon. Their precise identification is conventionally possible by palpation, but often at the cost of performing a thoracotomy. The aim of the study was to evaluate the success rate and feasibility of the pre-operative CT-guided marking subpleural localized nodule using a mixture of Patent Blue V and an iodine contrast agent prior to the extra-anatomical video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) resection in patients for whom the primary anatomical resection in terms of segmentectomy or lobectomy was not indicated.

Ischemic Colitis in a Patient with Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia.

At the time of the current COVID-19 pandemic, on a daily basis, we encountered patients suffering from various manifestations of this infection. The most common are respiratory symptoms. Many of the patients require acute hospital care, and a smaller group of them are hospitalized in intensive care units.