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RESERVOIR OMMAYA [1 record]

Record 1 2004-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
  • Injections, Tubing and Transfusions (Medicine)
  • Nervous System
DEF

A sterile plastic device consisting of a receptacle placed under the scalp and connected to a tube entering a cerebral ventricle.

OBS

Therapeutic injections are made into the ventricle via the receptacle in cases of meningitis, leukemia, and some other diseases.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
  • Injections, tubages et transfusions (Médecine)
  • Système nerveux
OBS

Voir «Utilisation des réservoirs d'Ommaya dans le traitement des rechutes méningées des leucémies aïgues lymphoblastiques», Nouvelle Revue française d'Hématologie, 1984, vol. 26, no 5, pp. 295-298.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumental médico
  • Inyecciones, intubación y transfusiones (Medicina)
  • Sistema nervioso
DEF

Pequeño dispositivo que se inserta en la cabeza y se emplea para administrar quimioterapia al fluido que rodea el cerebro.

OBS

Consta de un pequeño depósito e intubación muy delgada.

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