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Fussnoten

B. Böhm, Abteilung für konservative und operative Wirbelsäulentherapie, Dr. Erler Klinik Nürnberg

A. Eckardt, Orthopädie, Hirslanden Klinik Birshof, Münchenstein, Schweiz

P. Drees, Zentrum für Unfallchirurgie und Orthopädie in Koblenz, Stiftungsklinikum Mittelrhein

DOI 10.3238/oup.2012.0495–0501