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Answer to the Letter to the Editor of He Maolin et al. concerning “Comparison of unilateral versus bilateral percutaneous kyphoplasty for the treatment of patients with osteoporosis vertebral compression fracture (OVCF): a systematic review and meta-analysis” by Cheng X, Long HQ, Xu JH, et al. Eur Spine J (2016) 25: 3439. doi:10.1007/s00586-016-4395-6

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Cheng, X., Long, H. Answer to the Letter to the Editor of He Maolin et al. concerning “Comparison of unilateral versus bilateral percutaneous kyphoplasty for the treatment of patients with osteoporosis vertebral compression fracture (OVCF): a systematic review and meta-analysis” by Cheng X, Long HQ, Xu JH, et al. Eur Spine J (2016) 25: 3439. doi:10.1007/s00586-016-4395-6. Eur Spine J 26, 1322–1323 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-017-4965-2

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