The Filum Disease – Definition (2)

“The Neuro-Cranio-Vertebral Syndrome caused by a congenital anomaly of an apparently normal Filum terminale, which however exerts a traction on the spinal cord and the entire nervous system”

We consider the “Filum Disease” to be the condition that is caused by an anomalous traction exerted by the filum terminale ligament on the spinal cord.

It finds its expression in form of different diseases which previously in medical history have been described as being independent from each other: the Arnold Chiari I Syndrome, Idiopathic Syringomyelia and Idiopathic Scoliosis, Platybasia, Basilar Invagination, Retroflexed Odontoid, Kinking of the brain stem and nocturnal Enuresis.

The research (1)

In today’s post we would like to introduce the different findings, fruit of many years of research and medical practice, which constitute the foundation of our current diagnostic and treatment method. 

Dr. Royo Salvador’s research and studies started out in the seventies of the last century, in co-operation with the faculty of medicine of the Autonomous University Barcelona. Part of this research effort was concerned with diseases that are/were considered to be of unknown cause, as are idiopathic Syringomyelia, idiopathic Scoliosis and the Arnold Chiari I Syndrome (regarding the latter different ethiopathogenic theories were proposed at the time, we intent to discuss those further along on this blog) and its outcome are scientific findings that form the practical and theoretical basis to our Filum System®  method and our Institut’s activity in general.

A new milestone! (I)

We are happy to share as one of the first posts on this blog good news with our readers. As of this month, April 2013, the number of patients on which Dr. Royo Salvador and his team have performed the sectioning of the filum terminale surgery (SFT) has gone passed 700!

Reaching this important figure encourages us to keep on pursueing our endeavours for the patients´ benefit on a daily basis.

 

About this blog

The Institut Chiari & Siringomielia & Escoliosis de Barcelona (ICSEB) is a highly specialised private centre that is concerned with offering advanced solutions on medical and neurosurgical level for brain and spine diseases.

The Institut first comes into existence in Barcelona, Spain, in 2007, and is born out of the need of Miguel B. Royo Salvador, MD PhD, director and founder of the “Institut Neurologic de Barcelona”, for a space where he could dedicate himself to the three pathologies from that the centre takes its name: Arnold Chiari Syndrome I, Idiopathic Syringomyelia and Idiopathic Scoliosis.