| Hello, I know that this site is for technical things. But doctors community is so closed and not friendly). I deciced to ask question here. Maybe someone has the experience or can give some usefull info. There is institute in Barcelona which concludes that the reason of the diseases: Arnold-Chiari Syndrome Type I, Idiopathic Syringomyelia , Idiopathic Scoliosis, disc protrusions and herniations and others is
abnormally tense Filum Terminale. The description on their site: https://institutchiaribcn.com/en/diseases-we-treat/filum-disease/ They suggests the surgery to cut filum terminale in the coccyx region. This relax tension and stop progress your disease. The problem is that the traditional approach for Arnold Chiari 1, for example, is decompression surgery in the occiput. Most "traditional" doctors say that approach in Barcelona does not work, they just make money. But cannot give 100% proof that it does not work. Many Barcelona's pacients report that after their surgery have good improvements and quality of life. It's hard to find where the truth. Is it possible that tension of filum terminale can (hypothetically)causes , for example , scoliosys or disc damages, or chiari 1? In site they write that the first person who gives attention on relationship between tension and scoliosis was McKenzie, a neurosurgeon from Toronto. If that is true why future investigation was not prolonged in Canada or USA and were just forgotten. Now I found McKenzie article and am trying to read and understand it.
The article http://www.boneandjoint.org.uk/content/jbjsbr/31-B/2/162.full.pdf Any info or your expirience in such diseases or expirience in Barca will very usefull. Thanks. |