1968
Yasargil aneurysm clips were introduced in 1968.
Periventricular-intraventricular hemorrhage was first discovered by Abraham Towbin in 1968 1).
Lumbar juxtafacet cyst was first diagnosed clinically in 1968 2).
Kao et al. later confirmed this in 1974 3).
Wiltse et al. 4) described the “longitudinal separation of the sacrospinalis muscles from the multifidus and longissimus.
1)
Towbin A. Cerebral intraventricular hemorrhage and subependymal matrix infarction in the fetus and premature newborn. Am J Pathol. 1968 Jan;52(1):121-40. PMID: 5634505; PMCID: PMC2013311.
2)
Kao CC, Uihlein A, Bickel WH, Soule EH. Lumbar intraspinal extradural ganglion
cyst. J Neurosurg. 1968 Aug;29(2):168-72. PubMed PMID: 5673315.
3)
Kao CC, Winkler SS, Turner JH. Synovial cyst of spinal facet. Case report. J
Neurosurg. 1974 Sep;41(3):372-6. PubMed PMID: 4416019.
4)
Wiltse LL, Bateman JG, Hutchinson RH, et al. The paraspinal sacrospinalis-splitting approach to the lumbar spine. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1968;50:919–26.