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Fussnoten

1 Praxisklinik für Unfallchirurgie und Orthopädie, Eisenach

2 Universitätsklinikum Jena, Klinik für Unfall-, Hand- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie

3 Berufsgenossenschaftliche Klinik Bergmannstrost, Halle/S