title: Answer to the Letter to the Editor of Y. Zhao et al. concerning "Percutaneous versus traditional and paraspinal posterior open approaches for treatment of thoracolumbar fractures without neurologic deficit: a meta-analysis'' by Sun XY, Zhang XN, Hai Y: Eur Spine J (2016); doi:10.1007/s00586-016-4818-4.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100020, China.
authors.forename: Xiang-Yao
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100020, China.
authors.forename: Xi-Nuo
authors.initials: XN
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100020, China. 15624967325@163.com.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hai
mesh_terms: D050723:Fractures, Bone; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D013123:Spinal Fusion