The first working ventriculoperitoneal shunt from the 1950s developed by John Holter and Eugene Bernard Spitz. 1). It is a common procedure for hydrocephalus treatment


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Boockvar JA, Loudon W, Sutton LN. Development of the Spitz-Holter valve in Philadelphia. J Neurosurg. 2001 Jul;95(1):145-7. PubMed PMID: 11453388.
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