From the *Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Josef-Hospital, University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany; †Orthopaedic Clinic in Ambulantes Zentrum Hattingen, Hattingen, Germany; ‡Department of Anatomy II, University RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany; and §Department of Rheumaorthopaedic Surgery, St. Elisabeth-Hospital, University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Acknowledgment date: December 21, 2005. First revision date: November 16, 2006. Acceptance date: January 16, 2007.
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Address correspondence and reprint request to Cordelia Becker, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Josef-Hospital, University of Bochum, Gudrunstr. 56, D-44791 Bochum, Germany; E-mail: [email protected]
