RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Ommaya reservoirs in 387 cancer patients
JF Neurology
JO Neurology
FD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
SP 1274
OP 1274
DO 10.1212/WNL.35.9.1274
VO 35
IS 9
A1 Eugenie A.M.T. Obbens
A1 Milam E. Leavens
A1 Jane W. Bed
A1 Ya-Yen Lee
YR 1985
UL http://n.neurology.org/content/35/9/1274.abstract
AB We reviewed records of 387 patients with cancer who had Ommaya reservoirs placed between October 1967 and December 1982. Complications of reservoir placement were reported in 27 patients, including intracranial hemorrhage (5 patients) and reservoir malfunction (15 patients). In 15 of 19 patients with meningitis, the infection was linked to the reservoir. The organism most frequently implicated was Staphylococcus epidermidis. Seizures, leukoencephalopathy, and pericatheter necrosis were seen in 10 patients who had received intraventricular chemotherapy.