Lv B, Xue F, Shen YC, Hu FB, Pan MM. Pulmonary thromboembolism after distal ulna and radius fractures surgery: A case report and a literature review. World J Clin Cases 2021; 9(1): 197-203 [PMID: 33511185 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i1.197]
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Feng Xue, MD, Doctor, Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Fengxian District Central Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital South Campus, No. 6600 Nanfeng Road, Fengxian District, Shanghai 201499, China. xuefengmd@163.com
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Orthopedics
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World J Clin Cases. Jan 6, 2021; 9(1): 197-203 Published online Jan 6, 2021. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i1.197
Pulmonary thromboembolism after distal ulna and radius fractures surgery: A case report and a literature review
Bo Lv, Feng Xue, Yu-Chun Shen, Fang-Bao Hu, Ming-Mang Pan
Bo Lv, Feng Xue, Yu-Chun Shen, Ming-Mang Pan, Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Fengxian District Central Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital South Campus, Shanghai 201499, China
Fang-Bao Hu, Intensive Care Unit, Shanghai Fengxian District Central Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital South Campus, Shanghai 201499, China
Author contributions: Xue F designed the case report; Lv B and Pan MM analyzed all the data and wrote the manuscript; Shen YC operated on the patient; Hu FB and Shen YC gave anticoagulant treatment to the patient. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Supported byShanghai Fengxian District Osteoarthropathy Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Center, China, No. fxlczlzx-a-201704.
Informed consent statement: All study participants or their legal guardian provided informed written consent about personal and medical data collection prior to study enrolment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors have no conflict of interest related to the manuscript.
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Corresponding author: Feng Xue, MD, Doctor, Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Fengxian District Central Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital South Campus, No. 6600 Nanfeng Road, Fengxian District, Shanghai 201499, China. xuefengmd@163.com
Received: May 27, 2020 Peer-review started: May 27, 2020 First decision: November 25, 2020 Revised: November 25, 2020 Accepted: December 6, 2020 Article in press: December 6, 2020 Published online: January 6, 2021 Processing time: 218 Days and 14.8 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: We report a 51-year-old Chinese male who had severe fractures in the left distal ulna, radius and little finger after a motorcycle accident. The patient underwent external fixation, open reduction and internal fixation. On the third postoperative day after the second surgery, he was diagnosed with pulmonary thromboembolism and lower extremity deep vein thrombosis. After 25 d of anticoagulation therapy, computed tomographic pulmonary angiography showed that the thrombus in the pulmonary artery disappeared. This case raises awareness for orthopedics that pulmonary thromboembolism can occur after upper extremity surgery, and that patients with high risk factors should be considered for prevention and treatment of thrombosis in a timely manner.
