{"id":81466,"date":"2024-12-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.institutchiaribcn.com\/comunicacion\/presentation-offilum-disease-behind-fibromyalgia-a-preliminary-studyat-icbeb-2024-in-singapore\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T10:47:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T09:47:36","slug":"presentation-filum-disease-behind-fibromyalgia-preliminary-study-icbeb-2024-singapore","status":"publish","type":"comunicacion","link":"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/presentation-filum-disease-behind-fibromyalgia-preliminary-study-icbeb-2024-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"Presentation of:\u201cFilum Disease Behind Fibromyalgia: A Preliminary Study\u201dat ICBEB 2024 in Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-muted aniview centerTXT\">Published by\u00a0<a title=\"Posts by ICSEB\" href=\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/author\/chiari\/\" rel=\"author\">ICSEB<\/a>\u00a0at 20 December, 2024<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-poster-beb-icseb-2024.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9773 img-responsive text-wrap alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-poster-beb-icseb-2024-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From November 12-15 2024, Dr. M. B. Royo-Salvador presented the poster \u201c<strong>Filum Disease Behind Fibromyalgia: A Preliminary Study<\/strong>\u201d at the 13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology (ICBEB 2024) in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>For years, our neurosurgical team has observed that Filum Disease\/Neuro-Cranio-vertebral Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Syndrome share many clinical features, and we have a large number of cases with both diagnoses present at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>In this latest study, which included\u00a0<strong>25 patients who underwent minimally invasive surgery to section the filum terminale\u00a0<\/strong>using the Filum System<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0technique, we focus on comparing the preoperative condition, one month postoperative, and one year postoperative of these patients.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>research results<\/strong>\u00a0show that the\u00a0<strong>prevalence of symptoms and signs<\/strong>\u00a0is high in both syndromes, with\u00a0<strong>similar proportions in both groups<\/strong>, especially in terms of: headaches, neck pain, instability, limb pain, insomnia, low back pain, visual disturbances, memory and attention issues, fatigue, altered temperature and tactile sensitivity, nausea and vomiting, sphincter problems, chest and back pain, tinnitus, paresthesias, nystagmus, and others.<\/p>\n<p>The paper\u2019s\u00a0<strong>discussion<\/strong>\u00a0suggests that this might be due to the pathological effect of traction from Filum Disease on the spinal cord, which would severely affect perfusion (Purtzer, 1985; Tani et al, 1987) and brain metabolism, substantially altering the neurophysiology of nociception (pain sensitivity), leading to the spinal sensitization phenomenon\u2014similar to what occurs in Central Sensitivity Syndromes, including Fibromyalgia.<\/p>\n<p>The study concludes that \u201cFilum Disease and Fibromyalgia are likely closely related, sharing clinical and radiological symptoms and signs with high statistical significance, and both show significant clinical improvement after filum terminale sectioning\u201d using the Filum System<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u2019s technique.<\/p>\n<p>This publication further confirms the findings of Royo-Salvador and colleagues, suggesting that many cases of Fibromyalgia could possibly be diagnosed as Filum Disease. We recommend that patients who come to our Institute with a Fibromyalgia diagnosis get a\u00a0<strong>MRI of the brain and spine<\/strong>\u00a0to check for signs of abnormal spinal cord traction, as a possible visible change in neuroimaging in Fibromyalgia Syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>You can find more information about fibromyalgia and its treatment here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/fibromyalgia-fibromyalgia-syndrome\/\">https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/fibromyalgia-fibromyalgia-syndrome\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And more about the event here:\u00a0<a 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