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Response to letter to the editor entitled “Letter: Predictors of postoperative complications after selective dorsal rhizotomy” by M Agrawal et al. regarding “Predictors of postoperative complications after selective dorsal rhizotomy” by J Wach et al., Acta Neurochirurgica (Wien), 20 Jul 2020

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    Johannes Wach, Ömer Can Yildiz, Sevgi Sarikaya-Seiwert, Hartmut Vatter & Hannes Haberl

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Wach, J., Yildiz, Ö.C., Sarikaya-Seiwert, S. et al. Response to letter to the editor entitled “Letter: Predictors of postoperative complications after selective dorsal rhizotomy” by M Agrawal et al. regarding “Predictors of postoperative complications after selective dorsal rhizotomy” by J Wach et al., Acta Neurochirurgica (Wien), 20 Jul 2020. Acta Neurochir 163, 477–478 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-020-04630-0

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