From the *Department of Orthopaedics, Assaf HaRofeh Medical Center, Zeriffin, Israel; †Department of Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, HaSharon Campus, Petah Tikva, Israel; ‡Department of Family Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel; and §Department of Orthopaedics, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Acknowledgment date: September 10, 2008. Revision date: January 17, 2009. Acceptance date: January 22, 2009.
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.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Israel Orthopaedic Society December 2006, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons February 2006, San Diego, CA.
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