Medical Articles

Friday, March 8, 2013
NEW CHIARI STUDY: Changes in CSF Flow After Resection in Scoliosis Patients with Syringomyelia and Chiari I
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This study was published on March 1 and comes from China. Phase contrast–cine MRI studies in patients with syringomyelia and Chiari I have demonstrated abnormal CSF flow across the foramen magnum. To read MORE, please CLICK HERE.

Thursday, February 21, 2013
NEW CHIARI STUDY: MRI-based Morphometric Analysis of Posterior Cranial Fossa in the Diagnosis of Chiari I
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This study was published on Jan. 16 and comes from Spain. The researchers attempt to find a set of prototypic posterior cranial fossa measures for the diagnosis of Chiari I. To read MORE, please CLICK HERE.

Monday, February 18, 2013
NEW CHIARI STUDY: Surgical Management of Symptomatic Chiari II in Infants and Children
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This study was published on Feb. 7 and comes from St. Louis, Missouri. Variation exists in the surgical methods employed for decompression of Chiari II, yet an evaluation of these techniques has not been performed. To read MORE, please CLICK HERE.

Friday, February 8, 2013
NEW CHIARI-RELATED STUDY: Sneezing Again After Regression of Chiari with Compression of the Medulla Oblongata
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This report was published in January and comes from Turkey. It looks at a 13-year-old boy with Chiari who is unable to sneeze. His cerebellar tonsils were noted to have compressed the posterolateral portion of the medulla oblongata. To read MORE, please CLICK HERE.

Friday, January 25, 2013
NEW CHIARI STUDY: Posterior Fossa Reconstruction Using Titanium Plate for the Treatment of Cerebellar Ptosis Following Decompression for Chiari
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This study was published online on Monday and comes from UCLA. Twelve patients who had undergone large suboccipital craniectomies and who presented with persistent headaches and some with neurological symptoms related to syringomyelia, underwent re-operation with placement of a small titanium plate. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013
NEW CHIARI STUDY (A CASE-BASED UPDATE): Association Between Noonan Syndrome and Chiari I
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This new update was published on Dec. 14 and comes from the United Kingdom. It reports on a nine-year-old patient with Chiari I, Noonan Syndrome, severe scoliosis and syringomyelia. For MORE information, please CLICK HERE.

Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Sudden, Unexpected Death Due to Chiari Type I Malformation in a Road Accident Case
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A 17-year-old female, who previously had no symptoms and was healthy, was seen unconcious and then fell off a motorbike during its acceleration. Autopsy findings showed an extremely extra-long cerebellar tonsillar herniation in the left side and unexplained multiple small cavities in cerebral hemispheres. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE on this forensic science case from China.

Thursday, December 27, 2012
NEW CHIARI STUDY: Surgical Treatment of Chiari I Complicated With Syringomyelia
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The aim of this study, which comes from China and will be published on Jan. 5, was to evaluate the curative effects of various surgical procedures on Chiari I (CMI) complicated with syringomyelia (SY). It recruited 185 patients with CMI complicated with SY who received treatment between January 1997 and December 2011. Each had decompression surgery. To learn more, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

Friday, December 7, 2012
NEW CHIARI STUDY: Surgical Treatment of Chiari With and Without Syringomyelia
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This study was published on Nov. 23 and comes from UCLA. It aims to show the relationship between clinical outcome in patients who underwent surgical decompression for Chiari and postoperative imaging studies, with particular emphasis on the subarachnoid cisterns of the posterior fossa. The study has 177 patients with Chiari, including 97 with syringomyelia, who underwent decompression surgery. PLEASE CLICK HERE.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012
CHIARI-RELATED STUDY: Canalicular Syringomyelia (A Laboratory Investigation)
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This study was published on Oct. 19 and comes from Australia. According to the investigation, noncommunicating canalicular syringomyelia occurs in up to 65% of patients with Chiari malformation Type I. To read MORE about it, PLEASE CLICK HERE.