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td height="100%" class="bodycopy"> p>This
textbook was derived from a variety of sources, including journal
articles, national meetings, lectures, and other textbooks.
Under no circumstances should this material supervene the clinical
judgment of the physician nor should this material supervene
any published data regarding critical care managment or drug
dosing. /p>
p>The quality of this textbook will
be enhanced by feedback from the orthopaedic community.
Any physician is invited to send comments and criticisms
to: a href="/./mailto:webmaster@medmedia.com">webmaster@medmedia.com /a>b>Copyright
Notice: /b> © 1996, C.R. Wheeless MD The text and pictures
in this book may be reproduced for any non-commercial endeavor
that will improve the care of orthopaedic patients. In addition,
I have linked journal abstracts to the text which will facilitate
literature reviews. The organization of this textbook and
the hypertext links, however, are truly unique and may not
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