Phenotypes and Prognostic Factors of Syringomyelia in Single-Center Patients With Chiari I Malformation: Moniliform Type as a Special Configuration.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The specific association between morphometric characteristics of the syrinx and the prognosis of Chiari malformation type I (CM-I) with syringomyelia following surgical procedure seems to have not been fully elaborated. This study focused on the preoperative clinical and radiologic parameters in CM-I patients with syringomyelia to find out the relationship between the patients' clinical status and the phenotypes of the syrinx with surgical outcome.

Methods

A continuous series of pediatric and adult patients with CM-I and syringomyelia from a prospectively maintained database in a single center were included, and we explored the related factors affecting the prognosis following decompression surgery through retrospective analysis of clinical presentations, imaging c

SUBMITTER: Lu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9537845 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature