title: Letter to the Editor in response to Drs. Safiri and Ayubi.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA, USA. Electronic address: rzura@lsuhsc.edu.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zura
authors.affiliation: Braid-Forbes Health Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA. Electronic address: mjbraidforbes@braidforbes.com.
authors.forename: Mary Jo
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Braid-Forbes
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Orthopedic Surgery, University of South Carolina, Greenville, SC, USA. Electronic address: KJeray@ghs.org.
authors.forename: Kyle
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jeray
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: Samir.Mehta@uphs.upenn.edu.
authors.forename: Samir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: Thomas.Einhorn@nyumc.org.
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Einhorn
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. Electronic address: watsonjt@slu.edu.
authors.forename: J Tracy
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Electronic address: gregory.della.rocca@duke.edu.
authors.forename: Gregory J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Della Rocca
authors.affiliation: School of Business and Economics, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA. Electronic address: forbes@cua.edu.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Forbes
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA, USA; Medical Affairs, Bioventus LLC, 4721 Emperor Blvd., Suite 100, 27703 Durham, NC, USA. Electronic address: Grant.Steen@bioventusglobal.com.
authors.forename: R Grant
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Steen