Rajamäki, Anni https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8046-2747
Lehtovirta, Lari https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9391-8915
Reito, Aleksi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6903-6461
Niemeläinen, Mika https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9438-111X
Eskelinen, Antti https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0302-0253
Funding for this research was provided by:
Tampere University
Article History
Received: 29 December 2025
Accepted: 10 March 2026
First Online: 14 March 2026
Declarations
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: In accordance with Finnish legislation for clinical research, no ethical committee approval or informed written consent was required because of the retrospective register-based study design. This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Coxa Hospital for Joint Replacement, Tampere, Finland. The study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.