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Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
The first successful report of a posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) dates to 1940 when Cloward performed this operation using a shaped spinous process autograft. Since Cloward’s original report, many surgeons have modified this technique using various grafts, implants, and…