Nikoletta Velkei. Neuro-cranio-vertebral Syndrome, Filum Disease, idiopathic Syringomyelia, Impacted cerebellar tonsils, Low-lying conus medullaris, Anterior coccyx dislocation.
Date of surgery: 29/08/2024 Date of one-year follow-up: 29/09/2025 Nikoletta returned to the Institut Chiari & Siringomielia & Escoliosis de Barcelona in September 2025 for her follow-up, one year after undergoing the minimally invasive sectioning of the Filum Terminale according to the Filum System® health method. Before the procedure, she experienced numerous symptoms that severely […]
Aurora Brundu. Filum Disease, Neuro-Cranio-Vertebral Syndrome, Arnold-Chiari Syndrome type I, Idiopathic Syringomyelie, Idiopathic Scoliosis.
Date of surgery: 13/3/2025 Check-up one month after surgery: 9/4/2025 Good morning, my name is Aurora Brundu, I am 26 years old and I live in Alghero (Sardinia). It all started in June 2021, while I was working in a restaurant. I had some symptoms of loss of sensation in my right arm and hand, […]
Adriana del Carmen Beltrán. Neurocraniovertebral Syndrome, Filum Disease, Cerebellar Tonsil Impaction, Multiple Disc Disease.
Surgery date: 29/02/2024 Filmed: 14/03/2024 Adriana Beltrán and her husband would like to express their heartfelt gratitude for the significant improvement she’s experienced over the past two weeks following her surgery. Before the procedure, the patient couldn’t move her arms, lacked strength, and even combing her hair had become impossible. Her leg mobility was […]
Claudia Fernandes Cisneiros. Neuro-Cranio-Vertebral Syndrome. Filum Disease. Arnold-Chiari Syndrome Type I. Idiopathic scoliosis.
Surgery date: 03/11/2022 Filmed: 18/05/2023 “Hi, my name is Claudia Fernandes Cisneiros. I’m Brazilian and I live in São Paulo. It’s been exactly 6 months since I had the Filum terminale surgery at the Institut Chiari de Barcelona. I’m here to share my experience; having the surgery was one of the best decisions of […]
Baojie Liu, Neuro-cranio-vertebral Syndrome. Filum Disease. Arnold-Chiari Syndrome Type I. Idiopathic Syringomyelia and Scoliosis.
Surgery date: May 19, 2016 Filmed: December 8, 2023 Hello everyone, my name is Baojie Liu, I am from China and I have idiopathic Syringomyelia and Arnold-Chiari Syndrome Type I. My first symptoms appeared in September 2014 when I was 18 years old: suddenly, I noticed numbness and pain in my arm. At first, […]
Manon Diaz. Neuro-Cranio-Vertebral Syndrome, Filum Disease. Idiopathic scoliosis. Impaction of the Cerebellar Tonsils.
Surgery date: 27/10/2022. Recording date: 26/10/2023. My name is Manon, I am 32 years old, and I started experiencing health issues due to scoliosis in my adolescence, at the age of 13. I have undergone various treatments, including surgery. Three years ago, I started noticing a deterioration in my health: neck pain, ‘affected’ discs, […]
Luiza Ribeiro Scherer. Neuro-Cranio-Vertebral Syndrome. Filum Disease. Idiopathic Syringomyelia. Idiopathic Scoliosis.
Date of surgery: 16/02/2017 Filmed: 20/02/2023 “My name is Priscila and this is my 12-year-old daughter Luiza. We are from Brazil. When Luiza was 4, she was diagnosed of cervical and thoracic Syringomyelia, no Chiari, but with a lot of symptoms. Due to her urinary incontinence, tingling in her legs and difficulty when walking, […]
Caroline and Anna Prestel. Neuro-cranio-vertebral Syndrome. Filum Disease. Arnold-Chiari I Syndrome.
Surgery date: May 16, 2023 Filmed: May 24, 2023 Caroline and Anna are triplet sisters from the US, both diagnosed of Arnold-Chiari I Syndrome. A year ago, Caroline had decompression surgery, followed by the worsening of her symptoms and the appearing of new ones, like seizures, migraine, muscle weakness that made it almost impossible […]
Christian Sasig. Neuro-cranio-vertebral Syndrome. Filum Disease*. Arnold-Chiari Syndrome type I. Idiopathic scoliosis. Multiple disc disease
Surgery date: 30/03/2021 Filmed on: 21/04/2021 Hello! My name is Cristian and I am in Barcelona because I underwent the sectioning of the filum terminale. I am from Ecuador and I was diagnosed with Chiari type I. My symptoms started at the age of 30 when I started having severe headaches, dizziness, arm pain, […]
Amanda McDonald. Neuro-Cranio-Vertebral Syndrome. Filum Disease. Descent of the cerebellar tonsils (DCT Arnold-Chiari Syndrome type I).
Surgery date: 10/01/2023 Filmed on: 20/01/23 Hello my name is Amanda McDonald. I’m 28 years old and I’m from Idaho, United States and I have struggled with symptoms from Chiari malformation for over 12 years. You know, I dealt with pressure headaches and neck pain and, just you know, dizziness memory issues, breathing problems. […]