title: In Reply to the Letter to the Editor regarding "An Evidence-Based Stepwise Surgical Approach to Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: A Narrative Review of the Current Literature".
authors.affiliation: Shiraz Neuroscience Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; Department of Neurosurgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Electronic address: farrokhimr@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Majid Reza
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Farrokhi
authors.affiliation: Shiraz Neuroscience Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Mehrnaz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gholami
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000601:surgery; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000601:surgery*; D055009:Spondylosis / Q000601:surgery