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  1. Surgical management of syringomyelia associated with spinal arachnoid web: strategies and outcomes

    Spinal arachnoid web (SAW) is a rare disease entity characterized as band-like arachnoid tissue that can cause spinal cord compression and...

    Sasan Darius Adib, Jens Schittenhelm, ... Marcos Tatagiba in Neurosurgical Review
    Article Open access 26 June 2023

  2. Treatment of posttraumatic syringomyelia: evidence from a systematic review

    Background

    Following spinal cord injury (SCI), the routine use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) resulted in an incremental diagnosis of...

    Andrea Kleindienst, Francisco Marin Laut, ... Frank Dodoo-Schittko in Acta Neurochirurgica
    Article Open access 20 August 2020

  3. A new surgical method for treating syringomyelia secondary to arachnoiditis following cervical spine surgery: the syringo-cisterna magna shunt

    Purpose

    The 5-year postoperative failure rate of conventional shunt treatment for syringomyelia is 50%, with arachnoditis, shunt obstruction, and...

    Pyung goo Cho, Sung Hyun Noh, Sang Hyun Kim in European Spine Journal
    Article 02 February 2022

  4. Development of pre-syrinx state and syringomyelia following a minor injury: a case report

    Background

    A generally accepted rule is that posttraumatic syringomyelia (PTS) results from spinal cord injury (SCI).

    Case presentation ...
    Andrea Kleindienst, Tobias Engelhorn, ... Michael Buchfelder in Journal of Medical Case Reports
    Article Open access 18 November 2020

  6. Dorsal arachnoid web: the ‘scalpel’ sign—a case report and differential diagnosis

    Background

    Arachnoid web of the spine is a not so common lesion of the spinal cord. It is a band-like arachnoid tissue in the intradural...

    Vi**der Arora, Himanshu Verma, ... Nasir Ahmed Lone in Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
    Article Open access 27 July 2022

  7. Secondary tethered cord syndrome in adult patients: retethering rates, long-term clinical outcome, and the effect of intraoperative neuromonitoring

    Background

    The strategy for surgical treatment of tethered cord syndrome in pediatric patients is well established but still bares challenges for...

    Tobias Finger, Annette Aigner, ... Ulrich-Wilhelm Thomale in Acta Neurochirurgica
    Article 25 June 2020

  8. Syringo-subarachnoid shunt: how I do it

    Background

    Syringo-subarachnoid shunt (SSS) is a valid method for the treatment of syringomyelia persisting after foramen magnum decompression (FMD)...

    Jehuda Soleman, Jonathan Roth, Shlomi Constantini in Acta Neurochirurgica
    Article 22 January 2019

  9. Occipital Neuralgia

    Purpose of Review

    Occipital neuralgia is a painful condition that affects the posterior aspect of the head and can be difficult to distinguish from...

    Wenyu Pan, Joanna Peng, Dalia Elmofty in Current Pain and Headache Reports
    Article 21 July 2021

  10. Headache in Children and Adolescents: A Focus on Uncommon Headache Disorders

    Migraine and tension-type headache are common in children and adolescents, but several other headache disorders may pose a great challenge in...

    Ishaq Abu-Arafeh, Massimiliano Valeriani, Prab Prabhakar in Indian Pediatrics
    Article 24 August 2021

  11. Malpositioned pedicle screw in spine deformity surgery endangering the aorta: report of two cases, review of literature, and proposed management algorithm

    Study design

    Case reports and review of the literature with a proposed management algorithm.

    Objectives

    To report two cases of a potential vascular...

    Matej Valič, David Žižek, ... Janez Mohar in Spine Deformity
    Article 13 March 2020

  13. Surgical treatment of multilevel cervical spondylosis in patients with or without a history of syringomyelia

    Purpose

    Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) is the commonest spinal cord disease in adults. This paper compares patients who developed CSM after...

    Jörg Klekamp in European Spine Journal
    Article 11 February 2017

  14. Prophylactic enlargement of the thecal sac volume by spinal expansion duroplasty in patients with unresectable malignant intramedullary tumors and metastases prior to radiotherapy

    Unresectable malignant intramedullary tumors and metastases usually require radiotherapy which intensifies spinal cord edema and might result in...

    Ingo Fiss, C. Bettag, ... V. Rohde in Neurosurgical Review
    Article 14 November 2018

  16. Guideline “diagnosis and non interventional therapy of neuropathic pain” of the German Society of Neurology (deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurologie)

    2019 the DGN (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurology) published a new guideline on the diagnosis and non-interventional therapy of neuropathic pain of...

    Tanja Schlereth in Neurological Research and Practice
    Article Open access 10 June 2020

  19. Posttraumatische Syringomyelie

    Background

    Posttraumatic syringomyelia (PTS) can occur as a rare complication after traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI) and in cases of delayed...

    J. Dehoust, S. Hirschfeld, ... R. Thietje in Trauma und Berufskrankheit
    Article 29 August 2018

  20. Surgical management of syringomyelia unrelated to Chiari malformation or spinal cord injury

    Purpose

    Syringomyelia is a misleading disease since the problem always lies elsewhere. Arachnoiditis, because it is radiographically difficult to...

    Andrea Talacchi, Pietro Meneghelli, ... Francesca Locatelli in European Spine Journal
    Article 06 October 2015
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