Pulmonary Embolism after Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: A Case Report

Table 1

Reported cases of VTE following arthroscopic shoulder surgery.

Author year [Reference no.]	Age (years) Gender	DVT of lower limb	DVT of upper limb	PE	Interval to onset (days)	Risk factor
Burkhart 1990 [3]	32 male	No	Yes	No	3	Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Saleem and Markel 2001 [4]	68 male	Yes	No	Yes	1	Eight-hour seated car drive before surgery
Polzhofer et al. 2003 [5]	48 male	No	Yes	Yes	7	Obesity
Creighton and Cole 2007 [6]	43 male	No	Yes	Yes	7	None
Cortés et al. 2007 [7]	52 female	No	No	Yes	10	Obesity; estrogen intake
Hariri et al. 2009 [8]	25 male	No	Yes	Yes	10	None
	30 male	No	Yes	No	4	Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
Bongiovanni et al. 2009 [9]	54 female	Yes	No	No	10	Prothrombin disturbance
	66 male	No	Yes	Yes	6	Factor V dysfunction