title: Letter to the Editor 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, V.M., Zhang, L., Scherman, D.B. et al. Eur Spine J (2016). doi:10.1007/s00586-016-4791-y.
authors.affiliation: Orthopedic Department, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Yongzhao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Orthopedic Department, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Guoxin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.affiliation: Orthopedic Department, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Yanjie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Orthopedic Department, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. tjhss7418@foxmail.com.
authors.forename: Shisheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: He
mesh_terms: D017586:Diskectomy; D006801:Humans; D055959:Intervertebral Disc Degeneration / Q000601:surgery*; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery