Pioneer shunt implantation surgery in Brazil

• Main Authors: Roberto Alexandre Dezena (Author), Jaime Olavo Marquez (Author), João Pedro de Oliveira Jr (Author), Fernando Henrique dos Reis Sousa (Author), Thiago Silva Paresoto (Author), Ana Maria Mendes Ferreira (Author), Pedro Henrique Simm Pires de Aguiar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Brazilian Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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One of the first experiences of shunt implantation in the world occurred in 1949, by Nulsen and Spitz, who implanted a rubber catheter with a ball valve system, from the lateral ventricle to the internal jugular vein [1]. In the 1950s, the shunt systems had great development, especially the Spitz-Ho...