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Réservoir Ommaya — Image schématique montrant l utilisation d un réservoir Ommaya pour l administration de médicaments par voie intrathécale. Un réservoir Ommaya est un type de cathéter intraventriculaire inventé par le neurochirurgien pakistanais Ayub Khan Ommaya … Wikipédia en Français
Ommaya — Ayub Khan Ommaya (* 14. April 1930 in Rawalpindi; † 10. Juli 2008 in Islamabad) war ein pakistanischer Neurochirurg. Er erfand das nach ihm benannte Ommaya Reservoir. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Werdegang 2 Einzelnachweise 3 Literatur … Deutsch Wikipedia
Ommaya-Reservoir — Schematische Darstellung eines Ommaya Reservoirs Ein Ommaya Reservoir oder Rickham Reservoir ist ein vor allem für die lokoregionale Chemotherapie von Hirntumoren eingesetztes Kathetersystem, das in das Ventrikelsystem des Gehirns implantiert… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Ommaya reservoir — An Ommaya reservoir is an intraventricular catheter system that can be used for the aspiration of cerebrospinal fluid or for the delivery of drugs (e.g. chemotherapy) into the cerebrospinal fluid. It consists of a catheter in one lateral… … Wikipedia
Ommaya reservoir — A device implanted under the scalp that is used to deliver anticancer drugs to the cerebrospinal fluid, the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord. The device is named for the U.S. neurosurgeon Ayub Ommaya. * * * a device inserted into the… … Medical dictionary
reservoir — SYN: receptaculum. [Fr.] r. of infection living or nonliving material in or on which an infectious agent multiplies and/or develops and is dependent for its survival in nature. Ommaya r. a plastic container placed in the subgaleal space that is… … Medical dictionary
Ommaya — Ayub K., U.S. neurosurgeon, *1930. See O. reservoir … Medical dictionary
Ommaya reservoir — a device inserted into the ventricles of the brain to enable the repeated injection of drugs into the cerebrospinal fluid. It is used, for example, in the treatment of malignant meningitis, particularly in children with leukaemia. It can also be… … The new mediacal dictionary
Ommaya reservoir — A device surgically placed under the scalp and used to deliver anticancer drugs to the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord … English dictionary of cancer terms
Ayub K. Ommaya — Ayub Khan Ommaya Born April 14, 1930 Mian Chanu Punjab, Pakistan. Died July 11, 2008(2008 07 11) (aged 78) … Wikipedia
