What is Ommaya reservoir?
[[File:Ommaya 01.png|thumb|270px|{{Center|Drawing of an implanted Ommaya reservoir.}}]] '''The Ommaya reservoir''' is an invention by Dr [[Ayub K. Ommaya]], a famous [[neurosurgeon]]. During [[surgery]] a [[catheter]] - a thin tube - is placed into one of the [[ventricles of brain|ventricles of the brain]]. The catheter is attached to a [[wikt:reservoir|reservoir]] right under the [[scalp]].<ref name=pedi>{{cite web |url=https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/patient-education/about-your-ommaya-reservoir-placement-surgery |title=About Your Ommaya Reservoir Placement Surgery for Pediatric Patients |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Patient & Caregiver Education Center |publisher=Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |accessdate=January 27, 2016 |quote=}}</ref> The Ommaya reservoir can be used for a few different things:<ref name=pedi /><ref>Leonidas C. Goudas et al.: [http://www.anesthesia-analgesia.org/cgi/content/full/89/5/1209 Acute Decreases in Cerebrospinal Fluid Glutathione Levels after Intracerebroventricular Morphine for Cancer Pain], International Anesthesia Research Society 1999</ref> * To deliver [[chemotherapy]] directly to where a [[brain tumor]] is * To take samples of [[cerebrospinal fluid]], the fluid that cushions and protects the [[brain]] and [[spinal cord]]. This can cut down on the number of painful [[spinal tap]]s (lumbar punctures) the patient needs to have. * To give [[morphine]] directly into the brains of patients who are dying of cancer and are in terrible pain ==References== {{reflist}} {{med-stub}} [[Category:Surgery]]