Höll, Steffen
Blum, Andreas
Gosheger, Georg
Dieckmann, Ralf
Winter, Corinna
Rosenbaum, Dieter
Article History
Received: 23 March 2017
Accepted: 23 March 2018
First Online: 15 June 2018
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: The study was approved by the local institution’s Ethics Committee at the University of Muenster, Germany (reference no. 2013-206-f-S) and was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration. All patients provided informed written consent to participate in the investigation.
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