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Editing and layout<br />

Dario Fella<br />

Agenas, Agenzia nazionale per i servizi sanitari regionali<br />

Acknowledgements<br />

The Authors and Agenas would like to thank all the centres (clinical research institutes, private<br />

accredited providers, and public health services; see Appendix 4) who contributed to this HTA<br />

report by participating to the survey.<br />

The Authors would like to thank Barbara Bordini and Susanna Stea (from RIPO - Laboratorio<br />

di Tecnologia Medica, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli) who shared the Registry data with us, Ann<br />

Tomkins from the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry for her<br />

help and collaboration and Nicola Barni (from Johnson & Johnson Medical), Brighitte Casteels-<br />

Rappagliosi (from Stryker), Mauro Nitto (from Medacta), and Claudio Manidi (from Biomet) who<br />

reviewed the first draft of the report.<br />

The Authors also thank Davide Perego from the association of producers and distributors of<br />

medical devices (ASSOBIOMEDICA).

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