Year | Number of patients | Reference | Personal and family history | Disorder requiring shoulder arthroscopy | DVT event | Individuation of subsequent risk factors for DVT |
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1988 | 1 case report | Burkhart SS. 1990. [20] | 32-year-old male in good health | Anterior subdislocation of the left shoulder with Hill-Sachs lesion | Complete thrombosis of the left basilica and innominata veins on the 3rd post-operative day | Hodgkin's lymphoma |
2001 | 1 case report | Polzhofer et al, 2003 [19] | 48-year-old male with type 2 diabetes, obesity, humeral en chondroma | Right subacromial conflict syndrome in calcific supraspinal tendinitis | Thrombosis of the right cephalic vein with pulmonary embolism on the 7th postoperative day | --------- |
2006 | 1 case report | Hariri et al, 2009 [18] | 25-year-old male, smoker | Glenohumeral instability | Thrombophlebitis of the brachial vein complicated by pulmonary embolism on the 10th postoperative day | Prolonged duration of procedure (150 minutes), lateral decubitus and arm traction with 3 Kg, general anesthesia |
2005/2006 | 6 DVT events on 9385 arthroscopies | Randelli et al, 2009 [17] | Italian multi-centric study | 4 patients were treated for lesion of rotator cuff; 1 patient was treated for glenohumeral instability; - 1 patient was treated for acromionplasty | 5 patients showed a deep vein thrombosis; 1 patient showed a pulmonary embolism | --------- |
2008 | 3 case reports | Bongiovanni et al, 2009 [21] | 1° case: 30-year-old male in good health 2° case: 54-year-old female in good health 3° case: 66-year-old male in good health | 1° case: Lesion of the glenoid rim and supraspinal insertion 2° case: Lesion of the rotator cuff 3°: Lesion of the rotator cuff | 1° case: Deep vein thrombosis of basilica and humeral veins on the 4th post-operative day 2° case: DVT of the popliteal vein and tibiofibular branch of leg on the 10th postoperative day 3° case: Occlusion of humeral, cephalic and basilica veins on the 6th post-operative day | 1° case: Hereditary thrombophilia (Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome) 2° case: Hereditary thrombophilia (prothrombin promoter G20210A mutation and 4G4G promoter mutation of the plasminogen activator inhibitor) 3° case: Hereditary thrombophilia (mutation of 1691A gene for Factor V and mutation in C677T gene for methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase enzyme) |