Answer to the letter to the editor of Dr. Yusuf Izci entitled "anular closure device: Is it necessary after discectomy?" concerning "the high-risk discectomy patient: prevention of reherniation in patients with large anular defects using an anular closure device" by G. J. Bouma, M. Barth, D. Ledic, M. Vilendecic (2013) Eur Spine J; 22(5):1030-1036
1 Department of Neurosurgery, Academic Medical Center/Sint Lucas Andreas Ziekenhuis, P.O. Box 9243, 1006 AE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, g.j.bouma@amc.uva.nl.