Ommaya reservoir
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Specialty | neurology |
An Ommaya reservoir is an intraventricular
intrathecal drug administration. In the palliative care of terminal cancer, an Ommaya reservoir can be inserted for intracerebroventricular injection (ICV) of morphine.[1]
It was originally invented in 1963 by
neurosurgeon
.
In January 2017, researchers at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre used an Ommaya reservoir to measure the intracranial pressure that is regularly observed in astronauts in zero-gravity conditions.[2][3][4]
References
- ^ Leonidas C. Goudas et al.: Acute Decreases in Cerebrospinal Fluid Glutathione Levels after Intracerebroventricular Morphine for Cancer Pain, International Anesthesia Research Society 1999
- ^ "Intracranial pressure could be key to tackling astronaut vision loss". newatlas.com. 2017-01-20. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
- ^ "Under Pressure: Why Spaceflight Is So Hard on Astronauts' Eyes". Space.com. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
- ^ "Why astronauts suffer from vision problems decoded". deccanchronicle.com/. 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2017-09-21.