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Ventriculostomy catheter
Ventriculostomy catheter
3 June 2026
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TCAR Education Programs, Stephen Von Weller
A surgical procedure involving the insertion of a catheter into one of the brain's lateral ventricles to drain cerebral spinal fluid and measure intracranial pressure. PRONUNCIATION: ven-TRIC-u-LOST-omy.
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