Spitz-Holter valve

Spitz-Holter valve
a one-way valve used to drain cerebrospinal fluid in order to control hydrocephalus. The device is inserted into the ventricles of the brain and passes via a subcutaneous tunnel to drain into either the right atrium or the peritoneum.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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