Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7941-6575
Ogata, Toru
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA-Subsidized Science Project Research 2014-1)
Article History
Received: 18 August 2017
Accepted: 5 April 2018
First Online: 27 April 2018
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