External ventricular drain (EVD) catheter
A soft, flexible plastic catheter with multiple side holes near its tip, inserted through a burr hole into the lateral ventricle and connected to a closed external sterile collection system.
How it is used
Allows temporary drainage of cerebrospinal fluid and monitoring of intracranial pressure in acute hydrocephalus, intraventricular hemorrhage or traumatic brain injury.
Sources
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History
Added to the catalog on 2026-10-02.
Dates derived from the project's public version-control history on GitHub, not a live collaborative edit log.