Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Last update: 14/03/2025, Dr. Miguel B. Royo Salvador, Medical Board number 10389. Neurosurgeon y Neurologist. Definition Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a complex group of heterogeneous inherited disorders characterised by fragility of soft connective tissues, joint hypermobility, skin extensibility, vascular complications. Its clinical manifestation can vary significantly, including several different types: classical EDS, hypermobile EDS, dermatosparaxis […]
Occult Tethered Cord Syndrome
Last update: 17/06/2020, Dr. Miguel B. Royo Salvador, Medical Board number 10389. Neurosurgeon y Neurologist. Definition In normal conditions, the spinal cord is held within the spinal canal only by the denticulate ligaments and the filum terminale, a ligament that connects the conus medullaris to the first coccygeal vertebrae. When the mobility of the spinal […]
Tethered cord with spina bifida – meningocele or myelomeningocele – or Tethered Cord Syndrome
Last update: 17/06/2020, Dr. Miguel B. Royo Salvador, Medical Board number 10389. Neurosurgeon y Neurologist. Definition In normal conditions, the spinal cord is held within the spinal canal only by the denticulate ligaments and the filum terminale, a ligament that connects the conus medullaris to the first coccygeal vertebrae. When the mobility of the […]
For more information on the postoperative period
Last update: 24/03/2023, Dr. Miguel B. Royo Salvador, Medical Board number 10389. Neurosurgeon y Neurologist. Risks and complications In general, these procedures involve the risks typical of any surgical procedure, such as infection or bleeding in the area of the surgical wound. The patient’s pre-existing conditions influence the postoperative period and subsequent evolution. The […]
Thoracic Disc Herniation
Last update: 25/09/2018, Dr. Miguel B. Royo Salvador, Medical Board number 10389. Neurosurgeon y Neurologist. In spite of apparently having characteristics similar to those of lumbar disc herniation, the thoracic herniated disc is of special complexity since, according to the bibliography of some authors, there is a danger of 50% of spinal cord involvement in […]
Cervical herniated disc
Last update: 25/09/2018, Dr. Miguel B. Royo Salvador, Medical Board number 10389. Neurosurgeon y Neurologist. Like the thoracic disc herniation, the cervical intervertebral disc can affect the nerve roots or the spinal cord, cervical in this case. There is a bit more space available for the disc than in the thoracic spine. But given the […]
Lumbar herniated disc
Last update: 25/09/2018, Dr. Miguel B. Royo Salvador, Medical Board number 10389. Neurosurgeon y Neurologist. In the publication, “Herniated disc in the workplace […]“, and in other similar publications, our results are evaluated and compared, obtaining a significant difference in favor of our surgical techniques as a solution to herniated inkumbar discs. The most frequent […]