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Pediatric neurosurgery · Jul 2003
Biography Historical ArticleThe first description of a device for repeated external ventricular drainage in the treatment of congenital hydrocephalus, invented in 1744 by Claude-Nicolas Le Cat.
- E J O Kompanje and E J Delwel.
- Department of Neurosurgery, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. kompanje@neur.azr.nl
- Pediatr Neurosurg. 2003 Jul 1;39(1):10-3.
AbstractAn 18th century report of a device for repeated extracranial drainage of cerebrospinal fluid in the treatment of congenital hydrocephalus is reviewed. On 15th October 1744, the French surgeon Claude-Nicolas Le Cat (1700-1768) introduced a specially invented canula into the lateral ventricle of a newborn boy with hydrocephalus. The canula was used as a tap and was left in place for 5 days, until the death of the child. This procedure should be seen as the first documented description of a device for repeated ventricular taps in the treatment of hydrocephalus.Copyright 2003 S. Karger AG, Basel
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