Abstract: A catheter for drainage purposes that is to be used predominantly in the area of the skull in the case of operations, having a closed distal end, said end area being perforated by holes and having a connecting part (6) arranged at the rear end of the catheter tube (1) and having a wing cannula (2) with double wings inserted into the catheter tube (1) in the proximity of the rear end of the catheter tube (1), the parts of the cut catheter tube (1) pushed onto the ends of the metal cannula (4) of the wing cannula (2) being fixed by means of fixing threads (5) so that the catheter tube (1) is pressed into ring grooves on the exterior side of the metal cannula (4).