Medical Articles

Friday, March 6, 2015
NEW CHIARI STUDY: Long-term Outcomes Following Small-Bone-Window Posterior Fossa Decompression and Duraplasty in Adults with Chiari I
Medical Article

This study was published on Feb. 19 and comes from China. There were 152 Chiari I patients who each underwent the combined surgical procedures: a small-bone-window sub-occipital decompression (diameter, 2.5-3 cm) and C1 laminectomy (1.5-2 cm wide) followed by a duraplasty with an autologous (transferred from the same person's body) graft at Beijing Tiantan Hospital from January 2008 to September 2009. To read MORE, please CLICK HERE. 

Friday, November 14, 2014
NEW CHIARI STUDY: AlloDerm for Duraplasty in Chiari Decompression Surgery
Medical Article

This study was published on Nov. 8 and comes from the University of Utah. The AlloDerm dural graft is compared to other types of dural grafts used for Chiari decompression surgeries. To read MORE, please click HERE. 

Friday, November 7, 2014
NEW CHIARI-RELATED STUDY: Prenatal Imaging of Occipital Encephaloceles
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This study was published on Oct. 29 and comes from Austria and Texas. It used standard and advanced fetal MRI techniques in cases with occipital meningoencephaloceles. It studied 14 fetuses and typical features of Chiari III were seen in six of them. To read MORE, please click HERE. To learn MORE about meningoencephaloceles, click HERE.

Friday, October 31, 2014
NEW CHIARI CASE REPORT: A Rare Course of Scoliosis Associated with Chiari and Syringomyelia
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This case report was published this month and comes from Japan. It covers the result of an eight-year follow-up of a 13-year-old girl with severe scoliosis associated with Chiari and a large syringomyelia. To read MORE, please CLICK HERE. 

Friday, October 24, 2014
NEW CHIARI STUDY: MRI Measures of Posterior Cranial Fossa Morphology and CSF Physiology in Chiari I
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This study will be published next month and comes from the University of Miami (Florida), University of Munich (Germany) and the University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania). This study assesses the relationship between posterior cranial fossa volumetry (measurement by volume), cerebral spinal fluid and tissue dynamics toward a combined imaging-based morphological-physiological characterization of Chiari I. To read MORE, please CLICK HERE. 

Friday, October 17, 2014
NEW CHIARI-RELATED STUDY: Stenogyria - Not only in Chiari II
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This study was published on Sept. 28 and comes from Poland. Stenogyria, meaning multiple small compacted gyri separated by shallow sulci, is reported in the literature in association with Chiari II. To read MORE, please CLICK HERE.

Friday, October 10, 2014
NEW CHIARI STUDY: Brainstem Auditory and Somatosensory Evoked Potentials in Relation to Clinical and Neuroimaging Findings in Chiari I
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This study was published on Sept. 30 and comes from Barcelona, Spain. The clinical findings, neuroimages and evoked potential (EP) findings were retrospectively studied in a group of 50 patients with Chiari I. To read MORE, please CLICK HERE. 

Friday, October 3, 2014
NEW CHIARI STUDY: Audio-Vestibular Signs and Symptoms in Chiari I
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This study comes from Spain and was published on Sept. 4. Although headaches are the most common Chiari symptom, hearing problems are also a concern for some sufferers. The aim of this study was to describe audio-vestibular signs and symptoms in Chiari I. For read MORE, please CLICK HERE. 

Friday, September 26, 2014
NEW CHIARI STUDY: Transverse Sinus Stenosis in Adult Patients with Chiari I
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This study comes from Emory University in Atlanta and will be published in October. Transverse sinus stenosis is an imaging finding very highly associated with elevated intracranial pressure (ICP). Patients with Chiari I may potentially have elevated ICP due to impairment of CSF flow at the foramen magnum. This study evaluated whether patients with Chiari I have transverse sinus stenosis and other imaging findings indicative of elevated ICP. To read MORE, please CLICK HERE. 

Friday, September 19, 2014
NEW CHIARI-RELATED STUDY: Prognostic Value of Newborn Hearing Screening in Patients with Myelomeningocele
Medical Article

This study was published on Sept. 12 and comes from the University of Minnesota. Brainstem dysfunction occurs in a minority of patients with myelomeningocele, most of whom have Chiari II. Some surgeons advocate early identification of these patients for craniocervical decompression to avoid significant mortality. To read MORE, please CLICK HERE.