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Acute deep venous thrombosis and late onset axillary artery injury after a displaced, proximal humerus fracture-dislocation in an octogenarian patient

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  1. Orthopaedic, Traumatological and Oncological Clinic, Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, DiSCOG, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padua, Italy

    Carlo Biz, Giacomo Maso, Stefano Citterio, Claudio Iacobellis & Pietro Ruggieri

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Biz, C., Maso, G., Citterio, S. et al. Acute deep venous thrombosis and late onset axillary artery injury after a displaced, proximal humerus fracture-dislocation in an octogenarian patient. Aging Clin Exp Res 32, 1183–1186 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-019-01284-6

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