{"id":111691,"date":"2017-09-29T00:00:16","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T22:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.institutchiaribcn.com\/videos\/teresa-balmana-durbau-arnold-chiari-syndrome-type-i\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T10:38:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T09:38:47","slug":"teresa-balmana-durbau-arnold-chiari-syndrome-type-i","status":"publish","type":"videos","link":"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/teresa-balmana-durbau-arnold-chiari-syndrome-type-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Teresa Balma\u00f1a Durbau. Arnold-Chiari Syndrome Type I."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel panel-default panel-body\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Surgery Date: 4\/7\/2006<br \/>\nDate of the video: 12\/7\/2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I am Teresa Teresa Balma\u00f1a Durbau, from Malgrat de Mar (Spain). I started having very aggressive symptoms such not being able to swallow, when I drank water it came out of my nose, I could not move or bow down my head, noise gave me very strong headaches. The doctors only ever gave me prescriptions for painkillers and I ended up being desperate, and then I found Dr Casals from Tarragona who studied my case and confirmed the Arnold-Chiari I diagnosis after having done a MRI. He explained to me that the conventional treatment through the public health system was to open up the skull, without guarantees. Dr Casals recommended a consultation with Dr Royo and that I should follow his advise before opening up my head, becoming paralysed or dependent on a wheelchair. They had studied together and he told me that Dr Royo was an expert in the field.<\/p>\n<p>He then examined me and told me not to wait any longer to get operated and so I did.<\/p>\n<p>I have come for a follow up appointment today and he said I was doing perfectly well, I feel perfectly well. My advise to others in my situation is to get the Filum Terminale operation, I had it 12 years ago and I am very happy and thankful for it.<\/p>\n<p>Telephone: (+34) 937 612 963<\/p>\n<p>E-mail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:matebadu@hotmail.com\">matebadu@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Teresa\u2019s testimonial: <a href=\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/arnold-chiari-treatment-teresa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/arnold-chiari-treatment-teresa\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":137850,"template":"","tipos-de-video":[586],"class_list":["post-111691","videos","type-videos","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tipos-de-video-video-testimonials"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Teresa Balma\u00f1a Durbau \u2013 Arnold-Chiari I | ICSEB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Teresa Balma\u00f1a Durbau shares her experience with Arnold-Chiari I and her improvement after surgery at ICSEB.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/teresa-balmana-durbau-arnold-chiari-syndrome-type-i\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Teresa Balma\u00f1a Durbau \u2013 Arnold-Chiari I | ICSEB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Teresa Balma\u00f1a Durbau shares her experience with Arnold-Chiari I and her improvement after surgery at ICSEB.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/teresa-balmana-durbau-arnold-chiari-syndrome-type-i\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Institut Chiari\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-10T09:38:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/teresa-balmana-durbau-sindrome-de-arnold-chiari-i.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/teresa-balmana-durbau-arnold-chiari-syndrome-type-i\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/teresa-balmana-durbau-arnold-chiari-syndrome-type-i\/\",\"name\":\"Teresa Balma\u00f1a Durbau \u2013 Arnold-Chiari I | ICSEB\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/teresa-balmana-durbau-arnold-chiari-syndrome-type-i\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/teresa-balmana-durbau-arnold-chiari-syndrome-type-i\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/teresa-balmana-durbau-sindrome-de-arnold-chiari-i.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-28T22:00:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-10T09:38:47+00:00\",\"description\":\"Teresa Balma\u00f1a Durbau shares her experience with Arnold-Chiari I and her improvement after surgery at ICSEB.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/teresa-balmana-durbau-arnold-chiari-syndrome-type-i\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/teresa-balmana-durbau-arnold-chiari-syndrome-type-i\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/teresa-balmana-durbau-arnold-chiari-syndrome-type-i\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/teresa-balmana-durbau-sindrome-de-arnold-chiari-i.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/teresa-balmana-durbau-sindrome-de-arnold-chiari-i.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/teresa-balmana-durbau-arnold-chiari-syndrome-type-i\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Portada\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Videos\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/videos\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Teresa Balma\u00f1a Durbau. 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