title: Reply to comment on Wang et al.: Single-stage posterior instrumentation and anterior debridement for active tuberculosis of the thoracic and lumbar spine with kyphotic deformity.
authors.forename: Xiao-bin
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000601:surgery*