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Archive > September, 2011 Vol. XII, No. 9

Editor's Page

Slings and Arrows

Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief

My inbox has skid marks from the dozens of angry e-mails expressing shock and outrage over "XXL Patients," last month's Cutting Remarks column by orthopedic surgeon John Kelly, MD, that many of you felt cut too deep.

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