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Kazufumi Sano1, Yoshitake Kohakura, Kazumasa Kimura

  • 1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University, Koshigaya Hospital, 2-1-50 Minami-koshigaya, Koshigaya, Saitama 343-8555, Japan, prssano@nifty.com

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