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Response letter concerning “Endoscopically assisted reconstruction of chronic Achilles tendon ruptures and re‐ruptures using a semitendinosus autograft is a viable alternative to pre‐existing techniques” by Niklas Nilsson, Baldvin Gunnarsson, Michael R. Carmont, Annelie Brorsson, Jón Karlsson and Katarina Nilsson Helander (doi.org/10.1007/s00167-022-06943-2)

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Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy Aims and scope

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Funding

The study was partially funded by grants from the Doctor Felix Neubergh’s Trust and the Handladen Hjalmar Svensson Research Found.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Göteborgsvägen 31, Mölndal, 431 80, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Niklas Nilsson, Baldvin Gunnarsson, Michael R. Carmont, Annelie Brorsson, Jón Karlsson & Katarina Nilsson Helander

  2. Department of Orthopaedics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden

    Niklas Nilsson, Baldvin Gunnarsson, Jón Karlsson & Katarina Nilsson Helander

  3. IFK Kliniken Rehab, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Annelie Brorsson

  4. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Princess Royal Hospital, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Shropshire, UK

    Michael R. Carmont

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Nilsson, N., Gunnarsson, B., Carmont, M.R. et al. Response letter concerning “Endoscopically assisted reconstruction of chronic Achilles tendon ruptures and re‐ruptures using a semitendinosus autograft is a viable alternative to pre‐existing techniques” by Niklas Nilsson, Baldvin Gunnarsson, Michael R. Carmont, Annelie Brorsson, Jón Karlsson and Katarina Nilsson Helander (doi.org/10.1007/s00167-022-06943-2). Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 30, 4260–4261 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-022-07177-y

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