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Reply to Letter to the Editor regarding the article: “Joint preservation surgery for correcting adolescents’ spasmodic flatfoot deformity: early results from a Specialized North African Foot and ankle unit”

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  1. Orthopedic Department, Qena Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, South Valley University, Kilo 6 Qena-Safaga Highway, Qena, Egypt

    Ahmed A. Khalifa

  2. Orthopedic Department, Assiut University Hospital, Assiut, Egypt

    Mohamed Tawfik & Amr A. Fadle

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All authors contributed equally to the conception and formulation of the manuscript. AAK did the final revision. All authors approved the final manuscript version.

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Khalifa, A.A., Tawfik, M. & Fadle, A.A. Reply to Letter to the Editor regarding the article: “Joint preservation surgery for correcting adolescents’ spasmodic flatfoot deformity: early results from a Specialized North African Foot and ankle unit”. International Orthopaedics (SICOT) 48, 321–322 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-023-06056-6

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