Shimizu, Kentaro MD*; Nakamura, Masaya MD*; Nishikawa, Yuji MD†; Hijikata, Sadahisa MD†; Chiba, Kazuhiro MD*; Toyama, Yoshiaki MD*
From the *Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan; and †Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokyo Denryoku Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Acknowledgment date: December 22, 2004. First revision date: January 27, 2005. Acceptance date: January 31, 2005.
The manuscript submitted does not contain information about medical device(s)/drug(s).
Institutional, Foundation, and Other funds were received in support of this work. No benefits in any form have been or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this manuscript.
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