 An explanation for this could have been the fact that with the Sherrington/Foerster technique, postoperative sensory loss was too frequent, or by the fact that with their technique, spasticity often returned.In any case, it does appear as though rhizotomy for spasticity purposes continued to lie outside of any "significant clinical" use for the treatment of spasticity until its comparatively well-known turnaround to mild fame over the last quarter of the 20th century.In 1964, a Dr. Wilkins wrote that this operation had “lost most of its original importance, but it still has historical significance as a major step in the development of modern techniques for the relief of pain."