title: Reply to the Letter to the Editor of Yongzhao Zhao et al. concerning "Treating multi-level cervical disc disease with hybrid surgery compared to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a systematic review and meta-analysis" by Lu VM, Zhang L, Scherman DB et al. Eur Spine J (2016). doi:10.1007/s00586-015-4324-0.
authors.affiliation: Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia. vilu6071@uni.sydney.edu.au.
authors.forename: Victor M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.|NeuroSpine Surgery Research Group (NSURG), Prince of Wales Private Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Phan
mesh_terms: D017586:Diskectomy; D006801:Humans; D055959:Intervertebral Disc Degeneration / Q000601:surgery*; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery