ArticleCureus2021
Drainage, Irrigation, and Fibrinolytic Therapy (DRIFT) for Adult Intraventricular Hemorrhage Using IRRAflow® Self-Irrigating Catheter.
Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05118997 (Active Removal of IntraCerebral Hematoma Via Active Irrigation of the Ventricular System), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers.
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Active Removal of IntraCerebral Hematoma Via Active Irrigation of the Ventricular System
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Intraventricular Lavage vs External Ventricular Drainage for Intraventricular Hemorrhage: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2023Trial
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- Continuous Ventricular Irrigation for Intraventricular Hemorrhage.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2025Review
- Twist-Drill Craniostomy With Pressure-Controlled Fibrinolytic Irrigation Therapy for the Evacuation of Acute Traumatic Subdural Hematoma in Patients Not Requiring Immediate Craniotomy.Neurosurgery practice · 2025Article
- Use of an Irrigating External Ventricular Drain in an Infant: Proof-Of-Concept Technical Note.World neurosurgery · 2024Article
- Stereotactic placement of dual lumen catheter system for continuous drainage, irrigation, and intraventricular antibiotic therapy for treatment of brain abscess with ventriculitis - A case report and literature review.Surgical neurology international · 2024Article
- Reliability and performance of the IRRAflow® system for intracranial lavage and evacuation of hematomas-A technical note.PloS one · 2024Article
- Treatment of cerebral ventriculitis with a new self-irrigating catheter system: narrative review and case series.Journal of anesthesia, analgesia and critical care · 2023Article
- Thermal and Postural Effects on Fluid Mixing and Irrigation Patterns for Intraventricular Hemorrhage Treatment.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2023Article
- Continuous Antibiotic Administration Using IRRAflow® Catheter for Treatment of Intracranial Abscess.Cureus · 2021Article
- Continuous intraventricular vancomycin for treatment of ventriculitis using IRRAflow®: A case report.Surgical neurology international · 2021Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) is a devastating neurosurgical condition associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. It can occur as the result of several pathologies and typically presents with mental status changes, neurologic deficits, seizures, headaches, and decreased Glasgow Coma Scale score. These patients are often treated with placement of an external ventricular drain, which helps decrease the clot burden; however, they commonly clot off leading to multiple exchanges. We present a case in which drainage, irrigation, and fibrinolytic (DRIFT) therapy using IRRAflow® (IRRAS) irrigating catheter was used to treat a patient with severe IVH secondary to aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
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