Syringomyelia : current concepts in pathogenesis and management

1. Classification and Pathology of syringomyelia: - Brief History of Syringomyelia. - Pathology, pathogenesis and classification of syringomyelia. - Age related morphological change of the human central canal of the spinal cord and the mechanism of syrinx formation in syringomyelia and hydromyelia. 2. Experimental studies: - Histological and MRI study on experimental syringomyelia. - Histological evaluation for mechanism of syrinx formation in rats experimental models with injury and secondary adhesive arachnoiditis. - The pathogenesis of syringomyelia in an experimental model of chronic tonsillar herniation Studied by intraventricular injection of WGA-HRP. - Biomechanical changes of the spinal cord caused by Chiari I malformation. - Physical analysis of CFS dynamics in the Spine. 3. Pathophysiology of syringomyelia: - Hydrodynamics of syringomyelia. - Intraoperative ultrasonography during foramen magnum decompression for syringomyelia associated with Chiari Type-I malformation. - Intraoperative CFS findings to predict result of syringomyelia of Chiari Type I Malformation. - Quantitative analysis of cerebrospinal fluid flow dynamics in syringomyelia with use of Two-dimensional phase contrast images . - Deep pain loss in syringomyelia and other spinal cord lesions. - Some further thoughts on the etio-pathology of syringomyelia associated with foramen magnum abnormality. 4. Syringomyelia associated with abnormalities of craniocervical junction: - Treatment of syringomyelia associated with Chiari I malformation. - Craniovertebral junction abnormalities with hindbrain herniation and syringomyelia: Regression of syringomyelia after excision of ventral craniovertebral compression. - T-tube syringoperitoneal shunts for the treatment of syringomyelia associated with Chiari I malformation. - Diagnosis and treatment of syringomyelia (SM) from 170 cases personal experience. - Simple expansive suboccipital cranioplasty following foramen magnum decompression for the treatment of syringomyelia associated with Chiari malformation. - Surgical treatment of syringomyelia associated with Chiari I malformation: foramen magnum decompression and syringo-subarachnoid shunting. - Surgical results of two types of foramen magnum decompression for syringomyelia. - Operative results of syringomyelia with special reference to reoperated cases. - Variation of the foramen magnum decompression for the treatment of syringomyelia determined by intraoperative CSF flow dynamics study. - Surgical treatment of syringomyelia associated with Chiari I malformation - Advantage of cranioplasty with hydroxyapatite. - Intractable syringomyelia : Study of reoperation cases. 5. Syringomyelia associated with Chiari II malformation: - Treatment of syringomyelia associated with Chiari Type II malformation. - Spectrum and treatment of neonatal syringomyelia with myelomeningocele. 6. Syringomyelia associated with tethered cord and other disorders: - Syringomyelia Associated with Tethered Cord Syndrome. - Surgical management of syringomyelia with craniosynostosis. - Pathophysiology and treatment of syringomyelia associated with tuberculous meningitis.