1976
Larson et al. 1) 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 2).
1)
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.
2)
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.