A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine found no significant difference in surgical complication rates ...

For children with Chiari type I malformation and syringomyelia, surgical complications do not differ for those undergoing ...

For kids with Chiari type I malformation and syringomyelia, there was no significant difference in surgical complications whether they had decompression with or without duraplasty, a ...

For people who are born with Chiari Malformation type 1, or CM1––a skull abnormality that pushes the back of the brain down into the opening at the base of the skull––a surgical intervention may not ...

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 21, 2025 – For some patients born with a certain skull abnormality, unexpectedly early cognitive decline and symptoms of depression and anxiety may be corrected with a brain surgery, ...

Posterior fossa decompression with duraplasty is standard treatment for Chiari type I malformation and syringomyelia but carries a high risk of complications. Omitting duraplasty might be safer. New ...

Chiari malformation is a condition characterized by cerebellar tonsillar herniation of ≥5 mm below the level of the foramen magnum. Ms B, a 33-year-old white woman, presents with a complaint of severe ...