Treatment of Syringomyelia due to Chiari Type I Malformation with Syringo-Subarachnoid-Peritoneal Shunt.
10.3340/jkns.2015.57.4.311
- Author:
Akin AKAKIN
1
;
Baran YILMAZ
;
Murat Sakir EKSI
;
Turker KILIC
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Bahcesehir University Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Syringomyelia;
Chiari malformation;
Shunt;
Decompression;
Craniovertebral junction
- MeSH:
Decompression;
Encephalocele;
Foramen Magnum;
Humans;
Syringomyelia*
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
2015;57(4):311-313
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Chiari type I malformation is a tonsillar herniation more than 3 mm from the level of foramen magnum, with or without concurrent syringomyelia. Different surgical treatments have been developed for syringomyelia secondary to Chiari's malformations: craniovertebral decompression with or without plugging of the obex, syringo-subarachnoid, syringo-peritoneal, and theco-peritoneal shunt placement. Shunt placement procedures are useful for neurologically symptomatic large-sized syrinx. In this paper, authors define the first successful treatment of a patient with syringomyelia due to Chiari type I malformation using a pre-defined new technique of syringo-subarachnoid-peritoneal shunt with T-tube system.
