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. 2018 Jul 19;24(8):1234–1240. doi: 10.1177/1076029618788177

Table 2.

Rates of Complications Following Extensive Versus Single Vein Thrombosis.

Complication All Patients N = 87 (100%) Extensive UEDVT n = 42 (100%) Single vein UEDVT n = 45 (100%) P Value
Pulmonary Embolism 8 (9.2) 2 (4.8) 6 (13.3) .268
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome 13 (14.9) 4 (9.5) 9 (20.0) .232
Postthrombotic Syndrome 23 (26.4) 11 (26.2) 12 (26.7) .960
Any complicationa 35 (40.2) 13 (30.9) 22 (48.9) .086

Abbreviation: UEDVT, upper extremity deep vein thrombosis

a 9.2% of all patients developed more than one complication