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122 Patients suffering from spasticity and/or dyskinesias underwent a total of 171 operations: 88 stereotactic dentatolyses, 24 posterior partial rootlet section D12-S1 or L1-S1, 16 posterior partial root section D12-S1 or L1-S1, 16 posterior cervical rhizotomies, 21 stereotactic pulvinolyses, 6 stereotactic associated V.L. thalamolysis and pulvinolysis. Results and indications are discussed.
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Guidetti, B., Fraioli, B. (1977). Neurosurgical Treatment of Spasticity and Dyskinesias. In: Gillingham, F.J., Hitchcock, E.R. (eds) Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 2. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, vol 24. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8482-0_5
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