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OUTLOOK FOR ORTHOPEDIC COMPANIES – MARK MULLIKIN – PIPER JAFFRAY & CO.

TWST: As you look back at 2007, what were the highlights in the orthopedics

space?

Mr. Mullikin: 2007 was basically a year of recovery from a tough market in 2006

when growth rates in the