We would like to thank the authors for their input regarding our publication on preoperative anemia. We have answered their concerns following the sequence used in the letter. First, this study was intended to evaluate the impact of perioperative mild anemia in postoperative outcomes for patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty (TJA). The process to query the data did not have any filters in terms of preoperative hemoglobin (Hb)
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