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aHospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY bDepartment of Pathology, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY cDepartment of Orthopaedics, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY Disclosure: The authors did not receive any outside funding or grants in support of their research for or preparation of this work. Dr Jose A. Rodriguez is a consultant for Wright Medical Technology. Correspondence to Morteza Meftah, MD, Ranawat Orthopaedic Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, 535 East 70th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10021 Tel: +646 797 8716; fax: +646 797 8777; e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]