Reply to the Letter to the Editor of M. Avellanal concerning: “Cost-effectiveness of conservative versus surgical treatment strategies of lumbar spinal stenosis in the Swiss setting: analysis of the prospective multicenter Lumbar Stenosis Outcome Study (LSOS)” by A. Aichmair et al. (Eur Spine J; 2016. doi:10.1007/s00586-016-4937-y)

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