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With the accumulated evidence at present available we believe that long term function, both clinical, in regard to tolerance of time in a wheelchair, and neurological, show that deformity up to a moderate degree can be accepted without fear of adversely influencing the results.
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Bedbrook, G., Edibam, R. The study of spinal deformity in traumatic spinal paralysis. Spinal Cord 10, 321–334 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1973.56
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