Response to Letter: Regional variation in low-value musculoskeletal surgery: a nationwide study from the Finnish Care Register

Authors

  • Ville Ponkilainen Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Tampere University Hospital, Finland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5026-4560
  • Anniina Laurema Department of Surgery, Mikkeli Central Hospital, Mikkeli, Finland
  • Ville M Mattila Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Tampere University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, and COXA Hospital for Joint Replacement, Tampere, Finland
  • Teemu Karjalainen Department of Surgery, Central Finland Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2340/17453674.2024.42635

Keywords:

Arthroscopy, Foot and ankle

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2024-12-23

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Ponkilainen, V., Laurema, A., Mattila, V. M., & Karjalainen, T. (2024). Response to Letter: Regional variation in low-value musculoskeletal surgery: a nationwide study from the Finnish Care Register. Acta Orthopaedica, 95, 748–749. https://doi.org/10.2340/17453674.2024.42635

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Vol. 95 (2024): Acta Orthopaedica

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Letters to the editor

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