From the *Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Atlanta Medical Center, Atlanta, GA; †Atlanta VA Medical Center, Atlanta, GA; ‡Emory Orthopaedics, San Diego, CA; §Cytori Therapeutics Inc, San Diego, CA; and ¶BG-Kliniken Bergmannstrost, Halle, Germany.
Acknowledgment date: November 9, 2008. Acceptance date: January 15, 2009.
The manuscript submitted does not contain information about medical device(s)/drug(s).
Corporate/Industry funds were received in support of this work. One or more of the author(s) has/have recieved or will receive benefits for personal or professional use from a commercial parted related directly or indirectly to the subject of this manuscript; e.g., honoraria, gifts, consultancies.
Suppoted by Cytori Therapeutics, and in part by the Atlanta Medical Center and the Atlanta VA.
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