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====== 1944 ======

see [[1943]] - [[1945]]

[[Journal of Neurosurgery]] 1944

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The PLIF [[procedure]] was first described in [[1944]] by Briggs and Milligan
((Briggs H, Milligan P. Chip fusion of the low back following exploration of the spinal canal. J Bone Joint Surg. 1944;26:125–130.))
who used laminectomy bone chips in the disc space as interbody graft. In [[1946]], Jaslow 
((JASLOW IA. Intercorporal bone graft in spinal fusion after disc removal. Surg 
Gynecol Obstet. 1946 Feb;82:215-8. PubMed PMID: 21011710.
))
modified the technique by positioning an excised portion of the spinous process within the intervertebral space. It was not until [[1953]] when Cloward 
((CLOWARD RB. The treatment of ruptured lumbar intervertebral discs by vertebral
body fusion. I. Indications, operative technique, after care. J Neurosurg. 1953
Mar;10(2):154-68. PubMed PMID: 13035484.
))
described his technique, which used impacted blocks of iliac crest autograft that the popularity of PLIF surgery increased. Although technically more difficult than posterolateral fusion techniques (i.e., intertransverse fusion in which bone graft spans between the transverse processes), the PLIF [[procedure]] was found to have the advantage of substantially increased fusion rates, often in excess of 85%. Despite the increased fusion rate, this technique was fraught with complications related to blood loss, dural/neural injury, graft extrusion, and arachnoiditis
((Cole CD, McCall TD, Schmidt MH, Dailey AT. Comparison of low back fusion
techniques: transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) or posterior lumbar
interbody fusion (PLIF) approaches. Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med. 2009
Jun;2(2):118-26. doi: 10.1007/s12178-009-9053-8. Epub 2009 Apr 29. PubMed PMID:
19468868; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2697340.
)).

===== Publications =====

Bailey OT, Ingraham FD. CHEMICAL, CLINICAL, AND IMMUNOLOGICAL STUDIES ON THE 
PRODUCTS OF HUMAN PLASMA FRACTIONATION. XXII. FIBRIN FILMS IN NEUROSURGERY, WITH 
SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THEIR USE IN THE REPAIR OF DURAL DEFECTS AND IN THE
PREVENTION OF MENINGOCEREBRAL ADHESIONS. J Clin Invest. 1944 Jul;23(4):597-600.
PubMed PMID: 16695140; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC435378.

Bailey OT, Ingraham FD. CHEMICAL, CLINICAL, AND IMMUNOLOGICAL STUDIES ON THE 
PRODUCTS OF HUMAN PLASMA FRACTIONATION. XXI. THE USE OF FIBRIN FOAM AS A
HEMOSTATIC AGENT IN NEUROSURGERY: CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL STUDIES. J Clin
Invest. 1944 Jul;23(4):591-6. PubMed PMID: 16695139; PubMed Central PMCID:
PMC435377.

JENTZER A. [Not Available]. Confin Neurol. 1944-1945;6(5):257-69.
Undetermined Language. PubMed PMID: 21013997.