====== 1976 ====== [[1975]]-[[1977]] ---- Larson et al. ((Larson SJ, Holst RA, Hemmy DC, et al. Lateral extracavitary approach to traumatic lesions of the [[thoracic]] and [[lumbar spine]]. J Neurosurg. 1976;45:628–37.)) described an aggressive lateral approach to the spine in 1976 called the “[[lateral extracavitary approach]]”. ---- [[Acquired Chiari Malformation]] was first described by Hoffman and Tucker, in [[1976]], as a late complication of [[lumboperitoneal shunt]] ((Hoffman HJ, Tucker WS. Cephalocranial disproportion. A complication of the treatment of hydrocephalus in children. Childs Brain. 1976;2(3):167-76. PubMed PMID: 971636. )).