From the *Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine and the Kenton D. Leatherman Spine Center, Louisville, KY, †University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA,; ‡Washington University, St. Louis, MO, and; §Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Acknowledgment date: November 3, 2003. First revision date: March 19, 2004. Acceptance date: April 19, 2004.
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