Koch, Chelsea N.
Figgie, Mark Jr.
Figgie, Mark P.
Elpers, Marcella E.
Wright, Timothy M.
Padgett, Douglas E.
Article History
Received: 28 February 2017
Accepted: 17 May 2017
First Online: 22 June 2017
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: Chelsea N. Koch, BS; Mark Figgie Jr., BS; and Marcella E. Elpers, BS have declared that they have no conflict of interest. Timothy M. Wright, PhD, reports other from Exactech, Inc., Orthobond, Stryker, and Wolters Kluwer Health-Lippincott Willians & Wilkins, outside the work. In addition, Dr. Wright reports patents and royalty payments from Exactech, Inc., Lima, and Mathys Ltd. Douglas E. Padgett, MD, reports personal fees from DJO, PixarBio, and Stryker, outside the work. Mark P. Figgie, MD, reports other from Mekanika, outside the work. In addition, Dr. Figgie reports a patent with Lima and receives royalties.
: All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2008 (5).
: Informed consent was waived from all patients for being included in the study.
: Disclosure forms provided by the authors are available with the online version of this article.