The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 78:635 (1996)
© 1996 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.
Correspondence
Ralph B. Blasier, M.D.,
Peter G. Dalldorf, M.D.,
Michael P. Banas,
David G. Hicks, M.D. and
Vincent D. Pellegrini, Jr., M.D.
TO THE EDITOR:
After reading "Rate of Degeneration of Human Acetabular Cartilage after Hemiarthroplasty" (77-A: 877882, June 1995), by Dalldorf et al., I wondered whether the biopsy of cartilage and subchondral bone from the weight-bearing dome of the acetabulum in the control patients had been approved by an institutional review board with knowledgeable orthopaedic representation. The article made no mention of such approval. Did these control patients give adequate informed consent not only for the treatment of the fracture of the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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