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A study of the results of sacral rhizotomies done over 20 years to reduce ureteral reflux at the Spinal Cord Injury Center, Veterans Administration Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, leads to the conclusion that this procedure is not indicated.
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Cashion, E., Moeller, B. Long-term results of sacral rhizotomy for ureteral reflux in the spinal cord injured. Spinal Cord 13, 153–156 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1975.25
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