Response to Letter: Uncertainty and risk of misleading conclusions: an umbrella review of the quality of the evi-dence for ankle arthroscopy

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  • Ville Ponkilainen Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Tampere University Hospital, Finland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5026-4560
  • Valtteri Panula Department of Surgery, Central Finland Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6638-3188
  • Juho Laaksonen Department of Surgery, Central Finland Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland
  • Anniina Laurem Department of Surgery, Mikkeli Central Hospital, Mikkeli, Finland
  • Mikko Miettinen Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
  • Ville M Mattila Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Tampere University Hospital; COXA Hospital for Joint Replacement, Tampere; Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
  • Teemu Karjalainen Department of Surgery, Central Finland Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5650-895X

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https://doi.org/10.2340/17453674.2025.44795

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Ponkilainen V, Panula V, Laaksonen J, Laurema A, Miettinen M, Mattila V M, Karjalainen T. Uncertainty and risk of misleading conclusions: an umbrella review of the quality of the evidence for ankle arthroscopy. Acta Orthop 2025; 96: 574–83, doi: 10.2340/17453674.2025.44330

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2025-09-19

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Ponkilainen, V., Panula, V., Laaksonen, J., Laurem, A., Miettinen, M., Mattila, V. M., & Karjalainen, T. (2025). Response to Letter: Uncertainty and risk of misleading conclusions: an umbrella review of the quality of the evi-dence for ankle arthroscopy. Acta Orthopaedica, 96, 707. https://doi.org/10.2340/17453674.2025.44795

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