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*Division of Spine, Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and †Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurological Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University and The Rothman Institute, Philadelphia, PA. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD, The Rothman Institute, 925 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. Acknowledgement date: September 18, 2012. Acceptance date: September 22, 2012. The manuscript submitted does not contain information about medical device(s)/drug(s). No funds were received in support of this work. Relevant financial activities outside the submitted work: board membership, consultancy, expert testimony, grants, payment for lectures, patents, royalties, stocks, payment for development of educational presentations.

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