title: Pulmonary embolism after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair: a case report.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tamai
authors.forename: Miwa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akutsu
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tomizawa
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sukegawa
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nohara