title: Answer to the Letter to the Editor of Hue Zhang concerning "A less invasive surgical approach in the lumbar lateral recess stenosis: direct approach to the medial wall of the pedicle" by A. Colak et al. (2008) Eur Spine J; 17:1745-1751.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Meyer 8 181F, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA, drhakansimsek@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Şimşek
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Çolak
mesh_terms: D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000379:methods*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011843:Radiculopathy / Q000601:surgery*; D013115:Spinal Canal / Q000601:surgery*; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*
references.citation: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1979 Jul-Aug;4(4):379-90
references.pmid: 483045