{"id":52559,"date":"2012-12-03T10:31:24","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T09:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.institutchiaribcn.com\/testimonios\/brian-johnson-arnold-chiari-i-syndrome-cord-traction-syndrome-asimilation-of-the-atlas-and-odontoid-retrocession\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T11:51:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T10:51:20","slug":"brian-johnson-arnold-chiari-i-syndrome-cord-traction-syndrome-asimilation-of-the-atlas-and-odontoid-retrocession","status":"publish","type":"testimonios","link":"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/brian-johnson-arnold-chiari-i-syndrome-cord-traction-syndrome-asimilation-of-the-atlas-and-odontoid-retrocession\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Johnson. Arnold Chiari I Syndrome. Cord Traction Syndrome. Asimilation of the Atlas and Odontoid Retrocession."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-muted aniview centerTXT\">Published by <a title=\"Posts by ICSEB\" href=\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/author\/chiari\/\" rel=\"author\">ICSEB<\/a> at 3 December, 2012<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-wrap alignnone size-full wp-image-1844\" src=\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Brian_Johnson.jpeg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Brian_Johnson.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Brian_Johnson-150x150.jpeg 150w\" alt=\"Brian_Johnson\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Date of the surgery: July 2011.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Sectioning of the filum terminale worked to cure my\u00a0<strong>Chiari 1<\/strong>\u00a0symptoms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I suffered from Chiari 1 from 2007 until 2012. My symptoms were headache and right lateral Nystagmus ( Dizzyness.)\u00a0 In July of 2011. \u00a0I had the section of the Filum terminale by\u00a0Dr Royo Salvador of the Institut Chiari in Barcelona.\u00a0The time after surgery it took\u00a0for my Nystagmus to go away\u00a0was 14 months. I\u2019m not dizzy anymore, no more headaches, no surgical pains.. I am the person I was before I had Chiari. God bless\u00a0Dr. Royo and his staff, they are good at what they do and\u00a0were so nice to me and my family. They made me feel like I had known them all of my life.\u00a0The surgery was painless, I was walking on the beach 2 days after surgery and flew home to the U.S. 4 days after surgery.\u00a0The surgical incision was very small and I can\u00b4t even see it anymore. The plane ride home was painless.. I didn\u00b4t even need a Tylenol or anything. The surgery sight felt tight and only hurt if I sat on it directly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The hospital was really cool\u00a0with a lot of modern design and furnishings and I never had to wait in\u00a0line for any Xrays or anything at the hospital.. My favorite part was\u00a0after surgery when they\u00a0hooked a heat tube to my blanket. The warm air felt so good after surgery. Also I speak very little spanish and had no problem communicating with Dr, Royo as he speaks some English and also has a translator.\u00a0 With my little bit of Spanish &amp; the\u00a0locals little bit of English\u00a0getting around Barcelona\u00a0was easy, we even toured\u00a0the city\u00a0before and after surgery.\u00a0I have no complaints and\u00a0thanks to Dr Royo Salvador\u00a0and his talented staff\u00a0I\u00b4m back to my life as I knew it before Chiari. Thank you so much for such a great memorable experience and treatment, you have my trust.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Brian Johnson.<br \/>\nMy email is\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:cre8ive01@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>cre8ive01@gmail.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":45446,"template":"","tipos-de-testimonio":[351],"class_list":["post-52559","testimonios","type-testimonios","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tipos-de-testimonio-testimonials-from-english-speaking-patients"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Brian Johnson \u2013 Arnold-Chiari I | ICSEB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Brian Johnson shares his experience with Arnold-Chiari I and cord traction syndrome treated at ICSEB, including diagnosis and surgical care.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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