• Neurosurgery · Dec 1996

    Biography Historical Article

    Victor Darwin Lespinasse: a biographical sketch.

    • J A Grant.
    • Northwestern University, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
    • Neurosurgery. 1996 Dec 1; 39 (6): 1232-3.

    AbstractThe first neuroendoscopic procedure was performed before 1913 by Victor Darwin Lespinasse, a Chicago urologist. He never reported it, thinking it to be "an intern's stunt." He achieved a measure of fame for his advocacy of testicular transplantation.

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