Sakaura, Hironobu MD*; Matsuoka, Takashi MD†; Iwasaki, Motoki MD, PhD*; Yonenobu, Kazuo MD, PhD‡; Yoshikawa, Hideki MD, PhD*
From the *Department of Orthopedics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan; †Department of Orthopedics, Himeji Red Cross Hospital, Hyogo, Japan; and ‡National Hospital Organization, Osaka Minami Medical Center, Osaka, Japan.
Acknowledgment date: June 28, 2006. First revision date: August 15, 2006. Acceptance date: August 16, 2006.
The manuscript submitted does not contain information about medical device(s)/drug(s).
No 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.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Hironobu Sakaura, MD, Department of Orthopedics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; E-mail: [email protected]
