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Guest Editorial
Arthroscopy for degenerative knee—a difficult habit to break?
Teppo L N JärvinenDepartment of Orthopedics and Traumatology,
Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Helsinki, HelsinkiCorrespondence[email protected]
, Raine SihvonenDepartment of Orthopedics and Traumatology,
Hatanpää City Hospital, Tampere, Finland
& Martin EnglundOrthopedics, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund,
Lund University, Lund, Sweden;Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit,
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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Published online: 21 May 2014
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