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- Received March 16, 2012
- Accepted after revision May 25, 2012
- Published online March 14, 2013.
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- aFrom the Klinikum Leverkusen (L.B.), Leverkusen, Germany
- bDepartment of Neurosurgery (F.S.), Clinique Saint Joseph, Liège, Belgium
- cMedtronic Spine LLC (J.B.T.), Sunnyvale, California
- dAurora Memorial Hospital of Burlington (G.F.), Burlington, Wisconsin.
- Please address correspondence to Leonard Bastian, MD, Klinik für Orthopädie, Unfall-, Hand- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Klinikum Leverkusen gGmbH, Am Gesundheitspark 11, 51375 Leverkusen, Germany; e-mail: leonard.bastian{at}klinikum-lev.de
Author contributions: L.B. declares primary contributions to data collection and interpretation, manuscript development, content approval, and final submission decision. F.S. declares primary contributions to data collection and interpretation, manuscript development, content approval, final submission decision. J.B.T. declares primary contributions to manuscript development, data interpretation and analysis, and content approval. G.F. declares primary contributions to data collection and interpretation, manuscript development, content approval, and final submission decision. The publication committee (L.B., F.S., and G.F.), which did not include the sponsor, approved the final version and had the final responsibility for the decision to submit the publication; however, an author from Medtronic Spine LLC (J.B.T.) contributed to data analysis and interpretation and manuscript development and content.
