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Device for Catheter Placement of External Ventricular Drain

  • Ann, Jae-Min (Department of Neurosurgery, Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine) ;
  • Bae, Hack-Gun (Department of Neurosurgery, Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine) ;
  • Oh, Jae-Sang (Department of Neurosurgery, Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine) ;
  • Yoon, Seok-Mann (Department of Neurosurgery, Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine)
  • Received : 2015.08.27
  • Accepted : 2015.12.16
  • Published : 2016.05.01
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Abstract

To introduce a new device for catheter placement of an external ventricular drain (EVD) of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). This device was composed of three portions, T-shaped main body, rectangular pillar having a central hole to insert a catheter and an arm pointing the tragus. The main body has a role to direct a ventricular catheter toward the right or left inner canthus and has a shallow longitudinal opening to connect the rectangular pillar. The arm pointing the tragus is controlled by back and forth movement and turn of the pillar attached to the main body. Between April 2012 and December 2014, 57 emergency EVDs were performed in 52 patients using this device in the operating room. Catheter tip located in the frontal horn in 52 (91.2%), 3rd ventricle in 2 (3.5%) and in the wall of the frontal horn of the lateral ventricle in 3 EVDs (5.2%). Small hemorrhage along to catheter tract occurred in 1 EVD. CSF was well drained through the all EVD catheters. The accuracy of the catheter position and direction using this device were 91% and 100%, respectively. This device for EVD guides to provide an accurate position of catheter tip safely and easily.

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