Taro Yamada. Neuro-cranio-vertebral Syndrome. Filum Disease. Descent of the cerebellar tonsils. Multiple disc disease.
Surgery date: November 2014 I’m a 40-year-old man from Japan. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Dr. Royo for having researched this disease and designed the surgical technique to treat it. I also would like to thank Dr. Fiallos, who visited me and operated on me, and Mrs. Yuka Takahashi for […]
Letter from Rita Capobianco
Rome, 30/03/2014 Dear Dr. Miguel B. Royo Salvador, I have decided to write this letter in Facebook not only because I consider it just to thank you publicly and express my infinite gratitude and consideration, but also because I hope that my words can help people who are suffering from same genetic, rare and […]
Emil. Cord Traction Syndrome. Arnold Chiari I Syndrome. Idiopathic Syringomyelia.
EMIL, 5 years old Date of surgery: November 2012 Emil (born November 2008) fell ill in August 2010: he stopped walking; he was completely flaccid (his development had been normal before). The doctors did not know what was going on. They carried out different exams and reached the conclusion that he probably had myelitis. […]
Oleg Li. Cord Traction Syndrome. Idiopathic Syringomyelia, Descent of the cerebellar tonsils and idiopathic Scoliosis. Polydiscopathy.
Surgery date: December 2013 Hello! Happy New Year! My name is Oleg, I am 36 years old, I live with my family in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and I would like to express my immense gratitude towards the Institut Chiari & Siringomielia & Escoliosis de Barcelona team for their work, especially Doctor Royo and Nina! I […]
Paola Sacchiero. Cord Traction Syndrome. Descent of the cerebellar tonsils. Idiopathic syringomyelia
Surgery date: october 2013 My name is Paola Sacchiero and I am 52 years old. When I was 6 years old I began to suffer from severe headaches accompanied by vomiting. I was diagnosed with migraine. In 2005, I suffered from sciatica. I could not walk due to the intense pain and I underwent […]
Angelo Di Salvo. Idiopathic Scoliosis. Cord Traction Syndrome. Descent of the cerebellar tonsils (DCT).
Surgery date: September 2012 Hello, my name is Angelo Di Salvo, I am 16 years old and live in Catania. More or less one and a half years ago, following different clinical tests and a sudden increase of my scoliosis, I was diagnosed with Arnold Chiari I. Since I was little I always suffered […]
Violetta. Idiopathic Syringomyelia, Cord Traction Syndrome. Arnold Chiari I Syndrome and Idiopathic Scoliosis.
Surgery date: October 2011 Good day. At the age of six years our daughter started having health problems: some trouble with the left foot, she wasn’t able to walk on it entirely, the heel would always be “hanging” in the air, then the scoliosis appeared, one shoulder was higher than the other, she wasn’t […]
Celestina Marques Gonçalves. Cord Traction Syndrome. Arnold Chiari I Syndrome. Idiopathic Scoliosis. Polydiscopathia.
Surgery date: July 2011 My name is Celestina Marques Gonçalves. I live in Brasil-Porto Alegre/RS. Today I am a very happy person, full of hunger for life. I had been suffering during many years from strong head and neck aches, with migraines as a diagnosis, and also problems in my cervical spine had started […]
Anna. Arnold Chiari I Syndrome. Cord Traction Syndrome.
Surgery date: January 2012 My name is Anna, I live in Moscow (Russia). I am 48 years old. I want to try to briefly tell my story. The first symptoms appeared when I was studying at school, without an apparent cause I started getting headaches and vertigos. After a few check ups at different […]