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„P. M. Robinson, MBChb(Hons), B MedSci, MRCS(Eng), Specialist Registrar, Trauma and OrthopaedicsDepartment of OrthopaedicsTrafford General Hospital, Moorside Road, Manchester M41 5SL, UK.„M. J. O’Meara, MB ChB, BSc(Hons), Dip, IMC, RCSEd, Specialist Registrar, AnaestheticsAcademic Department of TraumatologyInstitute of Research and Developments, Birmingham Research Park, Vincent Drive, Birmingham B15 2SQ, UK.Correspondence should be sent to Mr P. M. Robinson; e-mail: paulrobinson230979@yahoo.co.uk©2009 British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgerydoi:10.1302/0301-620X.91B4. 21962 $2.00