Ommaya Reservoir

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Boukie - 05 Dec 2003 06:38 GMT

My mom has had an Ommaya Reservoir implanted to treat breast cancer that has
spread to her spinal column and brain fluid. Has anyone here had any experience
with getting chemotherapy in this manner? She had been getting chemo through
spinal taps prior to getting the implant. Treatments should be far less painful
now.

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Kaye301 - 05 Dec 2003 07:46 GMT

Boukie wrote; << My mom has had an Ommaya Reservoir implanted to treat breast
cancer that has
spread to her spinal column and brain fluid. Has anyone here had any experience
with getting chemotherapy in this manner? >>

Hi, I am not familiar with this. Where is she being treated?

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Boukie - 08 Dec 2003 05:42 GMT

>Hi, I am not familiar with this. Where is >she being treated?

University of Chicago Hospitals.

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allan grossman - 08 Dec 2003 13:33 GMT

> My mom has had an Ommaya Reservoir implanted to treat breast cancer that has
> spread to her spinal column and brain fluid. Has anyone here had any experience
> with getting chemotherapy in this manner? She had been getting chemo through
> spinal taps prior to getting the implant. Treatments should be far less painful
> now.

I don't know anyone who's got experience with an Ommaya resevoir but
there's a fair bit of information on the Internet about the procedure.

I guess they remove enough spinal fluid to match the volume of drugs
being administered - if they're administering 5cc of medication they
remove 5cc of CSF from the resevoir beforehand.

A web search should bring you what you're looking for - I found a
buncha stuff about the procedure and what side effects were common.

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