Saleem A, Markel D C
Department of Orthopaedics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
J Arthroplasty. 2001 Apr;16(3):400-3. doi: 10.1054/arth.2001.20546.
Pulmonary embolus after upper-extremity surgery is a rare complication of upper extremity surgery. A case of a fatal pulmonary embolus after shoulder arthroplasty is reported. The embolus originated from a lower-extremity deep venous thrombosis. The cause of the deep venous thrombosis and subsequent pulmonary embolus was attributed to prolonged immobilization in the perioperative period.
