Presentation of Filum System®

Excellence in the diagnosis and treatment of Arnold–Chiari I Syndrome and related conditions, using an exclusive, minimally invasive technique recognized worldwide.

Filum System®

The Filum System® healthcare method consists of 16 clinical protocols for the diagnosis and treatment of Filum Disease. This condition may present through various neurological and structural pathologies that share a common origin: traction of the spinal cord caused by an abnormally tight filum terminale, according to the theory developed by Dr. Miguel B. Royo Salvador.

Main Conditions

Arnold Chiari I Syndrome

idiopathic Syringomyelia

idiopathic Scoliosis

Platybasia

Basilar Impression

Retroflexed Odontoid

Kinking of the Brain Stem

The Filum System® was registered as a trademark in 2013, as a guarantee of quality for excellent medical and surgical practice. The Filum System®method offers the minimally invasive surgical techniques along with specific and personalized follow-up for the control of the procedures and further rehabilitation.

Institut Chiari & Siringomielia & Escoliosis de Barcelona is currently the only international reference centre which offers the Filum System® surgical treatment of excellence. As for diagnosis and pre- and post surgical follow-up, the method already counts on doctors and centres in Spain, Italy and Poland with the Filum Academy Barcelona® accreditation.

What is Filum System® and why is it unique?

It is a unique medical and surgical method that handles the origins of multiple neurological pathologies through Sectioning of the filum terminale.

Based on the theory of spinal cord traction.

How does the Filum System® work?

  • Specialized diagnosis based on magnetic resonance imaging.
  • Surgery without risk of manipulating the brain or spinal cord.
  • Personalized long-term clinical follow-up.

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