From the *Children's Orthopedics of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA; †Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel; ‡Klinikum München Schwabing, Munich, Germany; §Helios Rosmann Hospital, Breisach, Germany; ¶Bethesda North, Cincinnati, OH; ∥Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel; **Mazor Surgical Technology, Caesarea, Israel; ††Boston Spine Group, Newton, MA; ‡‡City Hospital Germany, Karlsruhe, Germany; §§Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany; ¶¶Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany; ∥∥HSK-Klinikum Der Landeshauptstadt, Wiesbaden, Germany; ***Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, NJ; †††Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel; ‡‡‡Medical Faculty, Mannheim University, Heidelberg, Germany; and §§§Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Technion City, Haifa.
Acknowledgment date: April 20, 2009. First revision date: July 14, 2009. Second revision date: September 7, 2009. Third revision date: October 6, 2009. Fourth revision date: October 21, 2009. Acceptance date: October 22, 2009.
The device (s)/drug (s) is/are FDA-approved or approved by corresponding national agency for this indication. No funds were received in support of this work. One or more of the author(s) has/have received or will receive benefits for personal or professional use from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this manuscript: e.g., honoraria, gifts, consultancies, royalties, stocks, stock options, decision making position.
Boris Silberstein and Alon Friedlander received consultation fee. Moshe Shoham has stocks and decision making position.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Moshe Shoham, DSc, Robotics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Technion City, Haifa 32000, Israel; E-mail: [email protected]
