Safety and Usefulness of Fluorescence Imaging Using Methylene Blue as a Fluorophore in a Japanese Population with Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases: A Phase I Study

ConclusionThe administration of MB and application of fluorescence imaging using MB can visualize blood vessels and pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms. And it also showed the safety of using MB as a fluorophore in Japanese patients without methemoglobinemia.

Source: Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery - December 2, 2022 Category: Surgery Authors: Kaito Fukuda, Yoshikuni Kawaguchi, Satoru Abe, Yuta Kobayashi, Harufumi Maki, Nobuhisa Akamatsu, Junichi Kaneko, Junichi Arita, Kiyoshi Hasegawa Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research