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Ommaya Reservoir Tap

Known as: Ommaya Reservoir Access 
A procedure to remove cerebrospinal fluid from the reservoir to detect any abnormal cells.
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2020
Review
2020
Risk factors associated with conversion of an Ommaya reservoir to a permanent cerebrospinal fluid shunt in preterm posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus.
Objective A considerable percentage of preterm infants with posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus initially managed with an Ommaya… 
2019
2019
Anaesthetic Management of Craniopharyngioma Resection
Effective perioperative management of a patient with a craniopharyngioma entails a multidisciplinary team including an… 
Review
2013
Review
2013
Clinical Research of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt and Ommaya Reservoir Placement Combined with Chemoradiotherapy in Treatment of Leptomeningeal Metastases from Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma
Objective To analyze the effectiveness of ventriculoperitoneal shunt and Ommaya reservoir placement in the treatment of… 
2012
2012
Clinical research on treating intracranial cystic glioma with implanting ommaya reservior and intrareservioral chemotreatment
Objective To explore the effects of treating intracranial cystic glioma with implanting Ommaya reservior and nimustine… 
2006
2006
Acute symptomatic hydrocephalus in Listeria monocytogenes meningitis.
Listeria monocytogenes meningitis appears to have increased in incidence. Although most reported cases of listeriosis involve the… 
2005
2005
Severe aplastic anaemia
Fanconi's anaemia is the commonest type. It is characterised by multiple congenital abnormalities that vary from patient to… 
1993
1993
Effect of implantation of an Ommaya reservoir on prognosis for cryptococcal meningitis
: Cryptococcal meningitis has a high mortality rate of central nervous infection. The patients usually die of the disease itself… 
1992
1992
Acute bilateral parotitis during chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
John E. Humphries, MD, Department of Pathology, Box 214, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA 22908… 
1984
1984
[Use of Ommaya reservoirs in the treatment of meningeal relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia].
We report our experience in the treatment of meningeal relapses in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) with intraventricular… 
1980
1980
[Radioisotope ventriculography for functional evaluation of the Ommaya Reservoir (author's transl)].
Thirty nine patients with diagnosis of meningeal leukemia, meningeal lymphoma and leukemia having high risk of meningeal…