From the *The Orthopaedic Instrumentation Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University/Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland,
and †Department of Radiology, Lewis-Gale Hospital, Salem, Virginia.
Acknowledgment date: December 5, 2002.
First revision date: February 26, 2003.
Acceptance date: March 5, 2003.
The device that is the subject of this manuscript is not FDA-approved for this indication and is not commercially available in the United States.
Corporate/Industry funds were received in support of this work. One or more author(s) has/have received or will receive benefits from personal or professional use from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this manuscript.
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