Pulmonary Embolism after Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair : A Case Report

Abstract EN

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.