title: Answer to the letter to the editor of Monica del-Rio-Vellosillo et al. entitled "a comparison of spinal anesthesia characteristics following intrathecal bupivacaine or levobupivacaine in lumbar disc surgery" by Sahin AS, Türker G, Bekar A, Bilgin H, Korfalı G (2013). Eur Spine J 9. doi:10.1007/s00586-013-3082-0.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey, aycasultan@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ayça Sultan
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Sahin
mesh_terms: D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal / Q000379:methods*; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002045:Bupivacaine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D002045:Bupivacaine