Appointment of Dr. Royo Salvador as honorary member of the C.O.M.B.
Published by ICSEB at 13 September, 2022 Past December 2020, the Governing Board of the Col.legi de Metges de Barcelona (Official Medical Board of Barcelona) agreed to name Dr. Miguel B. Royo-Salvador, director of the Institut Chiari & Siringomielia & Escoliosis de Barcelona; honorary member in recognition of services rendered to the profession and to the board […]
Rare disease. Arnold Chiari Malformation. What is it and how is it treated?
Published by ICSEB at 25 August, 2022 HOLA Magazine. 11/08/2022 On August 11 th , the online HOLA magazine, published an article about Arnold Chiari Malformation, based on the interview with the Institut Chiari & Siringomielia & Escoliosis de Barcelona– as a specialized international centre. See Web
The Filum Disease and the research areas of the R&D Department at the Institut Chiari & Siringomielia & Escoliosis de Barcelona (ICSEB)
Published by ICSEB at 27 May, 2022 The Research & Development Department at ICSEB was officially created in 2014, following Dr. Royo-Salvador’s tireless work and the Institute’s on-going clinical activity. In the first years of his academic studies, in collaboration with Professor José María Domenech (Chair of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona – […]
Dr. Antoni Capdevila Cirera’s visit to Casa ICSEB
Published by ICSEB at 13 May, 2022 We were honoured to receive Dr. Antoni Capdevila Cirera’s visit this past 10th of May. Dr Capdevila Cirera is an important figure for our project. He contributed, in his day, 342 cases from the Centre Mèdic de Ressonància Magnètica de Barcelona – Spain’s first Magnetic Resonance centre in 1986 – to the elaboration of […]
ICSEB opens the doors of its new home
Published by ICSEB at 5 May, 2022 The Institut Chiari & Siringomielia y Escoliosis de Barcelona establishes Casa ICSEB to accommodate not only our care activity for patients from all around the world, but also the work of our R&D department. People stop us on the street, they congratulate us. Neighbours ask about the construction site […]
Webinar series with the Institut Chiari & Siringomielia & Escoliosis de Barcelona (ICSEB)
Published by ICSEB at 22 April, 2022 Organized by the Chiari & Scoliosis & Syringomyelia Foundation (CSSF) The purpose of the online meetings is to address the challenges that AISACSISCO members, residents in France and Italy and ICSEB patients, are currently experiencing. The attendees will be able to ask the Institute’s professionals general questions related […]
Filum Disease treatment:Rehab during Covid-19
Published by ICSEB at 4 February, 2022 Our neurosurgical centre is primarily dedicated to and highly specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of Filum Disease (FD) and the therein-included conditions, such as Arnold-Chiari I Syndrome, idiopathic Syringomyelia and idiopathic Scoliosis. Unless halted with the Sectioning of the Filum terminale (SFT), Filum Disease is a congenital, latent, […]
Swedish newspaper publishes the story of Arnold-Chiari Syndrome Type I patient
Published by ICSEB at 12 November, 2021 The case of a Swedish patient diagnosed with Neuro-Cranio-Vertebral Syndrome, Filum Disease, Arnold-Chiari Syndrome I and other associated pathologies, was published by the Örnsköldsviks Allehanda newspaper this past August. Rebecca Hamrin, 51, who underwent surgery with the ICSEB team in June 2017, told the local outlet how it all started. In […]
The role of neuroimaging in the diagnosis of Filum Disease
Published by ICSEB at 22 October, 2021 The specialists at the Institut Chiari & Siringomielia & Escoliosis de Barcelona request to examine the brain and spinal cord magnetic resonances (MRIs) – especially the cranium-cervical, thoracic and lumbar-sacral-coccygeal spine MRIs – in order to confirm the diagnosis of Filum Disease. In addition, a Scoliogram (X-ray of the entire spine on one film, profile and front […]
International Arnold-Chiari Syndrome Day
Published by ICSEB at 28 September, 2021 On 28 September, the International Arnold-Chiari Syndrome Day is celebrated, with the main objective of raising social awareness about this condition that is still little known; which generates a series of problems for people who suffer from it. Unfortunately, most of the patients we attend at Institut Chiari & […]