Warner, Stephen J. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7093-8836
Garner, Matthew R.
Fabricant, Peter D.
Schottel, Patrick C.
Loftus, Michael L.
Hentel, Keith D.
Helfet, David L.
Lorich, Dean G.
Article History
Received: 11 July 2018
Accepted: 19 November 2018
First Online: 4 January 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: Stephen J. Warner, MD, PhD, Matthew R. Garner, MD, Peter D. Fabricant, MD, MPH, Patrick C. Schottel, MD, Michael L. Loftus, MD, MBA, and Keith D. Hentel, MD, declare that they have no conflicts of interest. David L. Helfet, MD, reports owning stock in FxDevices and OHK Medical Devices and being an unpaid consultant to OHK Medical Devices, Healthpoint Capital, and TriMedics, outside the submitted work. Dean G. Lorich, MD, reported personal fees from DePuy Synthes, outside the submitted work.
: 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 2013.
: Informed consent was waived from all patients for being included in this study.
: Disclosure forms provided by the authors are available with the online version of this article.