From the Hand and Upper Extremity Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Received for publication April 18, 2011; accepted May 1, 2011.
No benefits in any form have been received or will be received related directly or indirectly to the
subject of this article.
Corresponding author: Michael E. Ruff, MD, Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery, Ohio State
University Medical Center, 915 Olentangy River Road, Suite 3200, Columbus, OH 43212; e-mail:
michael.ruff@osumc.edu.
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