Takayama, Kazushi MD, PhD*; Nakamura, Hiroaki MD, PhD*; Matsuda, Hideki MDâ€
From the *Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan; and †Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ishikiriseiki Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Acknowledgment date: June 19, 2008. First revision date: October 30, 2008. Second revision date: January 7, 2009. Acceptance date: February 9, 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.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Hiroaki Nakamura, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1–4-3 Asahi-machi Abeno-ku, Osaka 545–8585, Japan; E-mail: [email protected]
