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Pulmonary Embolism After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: a Case Report

Overview
Journal Case Rep Orthop
Publisher Wiley
Specialty Orthopedics
Date 2013 Mar 28
PMID 23533883
Citations 6
Authors
Tadashi Yamamoto
Kazuya Tamai
Miwa Akutsu
Kazuo Tomizawa
Takuya Sukegawa
Yutaka Nohara
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Abstract

Total hip/knee arthroplasty may cause venous thromboembolism (VTE) as a postoperative complication. However, there are few reports on VTE after arthroscopic shoulder surgery. We report a patient who developed pulmonary embolism (PE) 6 days after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair but recovered without sequelae. In this case, the possibility of DVT of the lower limbs was denied by contrast-enhanced CT. Most possibly, the source of PE was deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of the upper limb under Desault fixation which showed arthroscopic surgery-related swelling postoperatively.

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