Info on Arnold-Chiari I, Idiopathic Syringomyelia, and Idiopathic Scoliosis: Causes and Insights

On October 23 rd , the closing ceremony of the 3 rd edition of the course on " Diagnosis and treatment of the Filum Disease " was held in the Central Hall of the Filum Academy Barcelona ® . This is the only course approved at international level to qualify for the accreditation of the FILUM SYSTEM ® SANITARY method. For five days, the doctors had the first hand opportunity to go through the twelve protocols that comprise this method in an intensive form, alternating theoretical training with several case studies. In continuation, the diplomas and accreditations were delivered to the course participants. Please enjoy the photos from this past event.

 Registration and programme now available IX Chiari & Scoliosis & Syringomyelia Foundation Meeting     Lublin, Poland, on Saturday, 27th of June 2015 With the co-operation of the Polish Society of Neurosurgeons Lublin Delegation and the Institut Chiari & Siringomielia & Escoliosis de Barcelona      Filum System. Outcomes in diagnosing and treating the Filum Disease: Arnold Chiari I Syndrome, Idiopathic Syringomyelia and Idiopathic Scoliosis  

The Chiari & Scoliosis & Syringomyelia Foundation is happy to announce the next scientific meeting that will be held in the city of Lublin (Poland) on upcoming 27 June 2015. The meeting is organized by the Oddział Lubeslski Polskiego Towarzystwa Neurochirurgów Society together with the Institut Chiari & Siringomielia & Escoliosis de Barcelona and will count with the presence of the distinguished professor Dr. Krzysztof Turowski and the Spanish scientist Dr. Miguel B. Royo Salvador. The conference’s title will be: “Filum System®: Outcomes in the Filum Disease: the Arnold Chiari I Syndrome, idiopathic Syringomyelia and idiopathic Scoliosis” .   We will keep you informed…   Photo: The Old City - Lublin. Author: Trevor Butcher. www.flickr.com. CC licensed.

 At CSSf , they are still looking for the winners: "Dear friends, the Chiari & Scoliosis & Syringomyelia Foundation (CSSf) would like to thank you for all the solutions of the Crossword that we have received. We have to admit that we received more than 15 correct solutions and that the puzzle really was not as easy as it seemed. For those who have sent in their solutions: please sent us your contact details before 28 February, in order to make the prize draw for the Foundation shirts. Without the contact information we won’t be able to send your well deserved gift.

On 14 November, we had the pleasure to witness the closure of the course “Diagnosis and treatment of the filum disease” , 2nd edition, in the main lecture room of the Filum Academy Barcelona ® .     The event was sponsored by the Chiari & Scoliosis & Syringomyelia Foundation and counted with the presence of Dr Alfonso Rodríguez-Baeza, Anatomy and Embryology professor of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He delighted the participants with a splendid keynote speech with the title “Filum Terminale”.   

The 2 nd International Filum System ® Sanitary Course will be taking place in Barcelona, Spain, between 10 and 14 November 2014, presented by the “ Filum Academy Barcelona ® ” and the   “Chiari & Scoliosis & Syringomyelia Foundation” (CSSF), with the cooperation of the “Institut Chiari & Siringomielia & Escoliosis de Barcelona” .

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.

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.  

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.