{"id":138878,"date":"2020-02-10T09:25:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T08:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.institutchiaribcn.com\/?post_type=videos&#038;p=138878"},"modified":"2026-03-10T11:48:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T10:48:37","slug":"brazilian-chiari-syringomyelia-tetraplegia","status":"publish","type":"videos","link":"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/brazilian-chiari-syringomyelia-tetraplegia\/","title":{"rendered":"Breno Sales de Freitas \u2013 Neuro-Cranio-Vertebral Syndrome, Filum Disease, Arnold-Chiari Syndrome type I, Idiopathic Syringomyelia and Multiple Disc disease."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-muted aniview centerTXT\">Published by\u00a0<a title=\"Posts by ICSEB\" href=\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/author\/anoop\/\" rel=\"author\">ICSEB<\/a>\u00a0at 10 February, 2020<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"SNCV, Doen\u00e7a do Filum, S\u00edndrome de Arnold Chiari I, Siringomielia idiop\u00e1tica, Discopatias m\u00faltiplas.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sk51SFGhH9A\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Surgery date: 26\/03\/19<br \/>\nFilmed: 04\/05\/19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/brasil.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1921\" src=\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/brasil.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Accompanied by his wife, Breno Sales de Freitas from Brazil shares with us his story, which began 16 years ago when he was diagnosed with Arnold-Chiari Syndrome type I and Syringomyelia. He underwent surgery 7 times in Brazil, but none of them was effective. His condition got worse and worse and ultimately lead to tetraplegia.<\/p>\n<p>After researching online, Breno discovered the Institut Chiari &amp; Siringomielia &amp; Escoliosis de Barcelona. His family raised money to help fund the treatment and finally managed to travel to Barcelona. Ten days after surgery, he says he has noticed \u201ca huge improvement\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can breathe much better. The spasms (\u2026) have practically disappeared, which will give me a much better quality of life. I have regained some movements, although the doctors kept telling me that the surgery was intended to stop the progression of the disease (\u2026). I feel very happy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of his message, Breno speaks directly to the people who have a similar diagnosis: \u201cI really recommend to those of you who have Syringomyelia, Arnold-Chiari or Scoliosis to undergo this treatment\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Breno expressed his gratitude towards \u201call the people at the Institut, his friends, family and those who have been able to help me\u201d. I would do it again and travel to Barcelona, if it were necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Breno\u2019s mail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:brenosfreitas@yahoo.com.br\">brenosfreitas@yahoo.com.br<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":138880,"template":"","tipos-de-video":[586],"class_list":["post-138878","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>Breno Sales de Freitas: Chiari I &amp; Syringomyelia | ICSEB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Breno Sales de Freitas shares his experience with Chiari I and syringomyelia after seven surgeries in Brazil led to tetraplegia.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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