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Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery Volume 41, 2007 - Issue 1
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CASE REPORT

Green urine after surgical treatment of pressure ulcer

Kim A. Tønseth Department of Plastic Surgery, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, NorwayCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
Tyge T. Tindholdt Department of Plastic Surgery, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
,
Bjørn M. Hokland Department of Plastic Surgery, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
&
Frank E. Åbyholm Department of Plastic Surgery, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Pages 39-41 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

We describe a 58-year-old man who developed green urine after operation on a pressure ulcer. The discolouration disappeared gradually after two days. We think that the use of methylene blue dye during the revision of the wounds and the use of the sedative propofol could have caused it.

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