Wednesday 24th October
Session
1. Anatomy & Physiology
Chairmen: Ulrich Batzdorf, Robert Battersby
08.30: Invited lecture: Roy Weller
Syringomyelia
and the anatomical pathology of interstitial and cerebrospinal fluid drainage.
09.00: Invited lecture: Marek Czosnyka
CSF
dynamics: from clinical practice to mathematical modelling and back again.
Original
papers:
09.20: AP01
CSF absorption in syringomyelia.
Flint G, Thacker
K, Czosnyka M, Kim DJ.
University Hospital Birmingham, UK & University of Cambridge, UK.
09.30: AP02
Fluid flow in an animal model of
post-traumatic syringomyelia.
Brodbelt AR, Stoodley MA, Tu J,
Watling A, Jones N.
The University of New South Wales,
Sydney, Australia.
09.40:
AP03
The
role of pial permeability on pressure wave propagation in a model of
syringomyelia.
Elliott NSJ, Carpenter PW, Brodbelt
AR.
Fluid Dynamics Research Centre,
University of Warwick, UK & the Walton Centre for Neurology &
Neurosurgery, Liverpool, UK.
09.50: AP04
Finite element modelling of
syringomyelia.
Harris PJ, Hardwidge C.
School of Computing Mathematical and
Information Sciences, University of Brighton & Department of Neurosurgery,
Haywards Heath, UK.
10.00: AP05
Blood-spinal cord barrier
structure and function in post-traumatic syringomyelia.
Hemley S, Stoodley M.
Prince of Wales Medical Research
Institute, Sydney, Australia.
10.10: AP06
The role of endogenous progenitors
and astrocytes in reactive gliosis in experimental post-traumatic
syringomyelia.
Tu J, Liao J, Stoodley MA,
Cunningham AM.
Prince of Wales Medical Research
Institute, Sydney, Australia.
10.20: AP07
Experimental syringomyelia: some
mechanisms of spinal cord damage.
Larionov S, Sorokovikov V.
Medical University, Irkutsk, Russia.
Wednesday 24th October
Session
2. Pathogenesis
Chairmen: Roy Weller, Bob Redfern
11.00: Invited lecture: Edward Oldfield
The pathogenesis of syringomyelia: implications for
therapy
Original
papers:
11.40: PG01
The Chiari 0 malformation: time for
its definition.
Pinna G, Nocetti L, Cobelli M.
S. Agostino Hospital, Modena, Italy.
11.50: PG02
Chiari type I and type II
malformations: a new classification for better understanding of the cause of
hindbrain-related syringomyelia.
Sakamoto H, Matsusaka Y, Ikeda H.
Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka,
Japan.
12.00: PG03
Posterior fossa volume does not
correlate with the presence of symptoms in children with isolated Chiari I
malformation without syringomyelia
Sgouros S, Kountouri M, Natarajan K
Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
12.10: PG04
Chiari type I malformation:
comparative morphometric study of the posterior cranial fossa and developmental
hypothesis.
Noudel R, Eap C, Litré CF, Marnet D,
Scherpereel B, Rousseaux P.
Maison Blanche Hospital, Reims,
France.
12.20: PG05
Syndrome of occipitoatlantoaxial
joint hypermobility, cranial settling, and Chiari I malformation in patients
with hereditary disorders of connective tissue.
Nishikawa M, Milhorat TH.
The Chiari Institute, New York, USA.
12.30: PG06
An alternative aetiopathogenetic
concept of syringomyelia.
Borisova NA, Mirsaev TR, Pervushina
EV.
Bashkir State Medical University,
Ufa, Russian Federation.
Wednesday 24th October
Session
3. Investigations
Chairmen:
Edward Oldfield, Jimmy van Dellen
14.00: Invited
lecture: Tatsuya Nagashima
Clinical
investigation of syringomyelia.
Original
papers:
14.30: IV01
Effect of phase differences between
cardiac and CSF pulses on perivascular flow - a computational model with
relevance to syringomyelia.
Bilston LE, Fletcher DF, Stoodley
MA.
University of New South Wales &
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
14.40: IV02
The prognostic value of electrophysiological diagnostics in
syringomyelia.
Roser F, Ebner FH, Liebsch M, Tatagiba M.
Klinik für Neurochirurgie, Tübingen, Germany.
14.50: IV03
The utility of somatosensory evoked
potentials in Chiari malformation and syringomyelia in children.
Fletcher SA, Butler IJ, Mancias P,
Dreyer C.
The University of Texas Medical
School, Houston, USA.
15.00: IV04
Tonsil and spinal cord motion
measured with MR in patients with a Chiari I malformation.
Haughton V, Cousins J.
University of Wisconsin School of
Medicine and Public Health, Madison, USA.
15.10: IV05
Basal Invagination and Chiari type I
malformation
Klekamp J.
Christliches Krankenhaus,
Quakenbrück, Germany.
15.20: IV06
Intracranial hypertension associated
with Chiari I malformation in children.
Sgouros S, Willshaw H.
Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
15.30: IV07
Surgical management of
syringomyelia: personal experiences with 415 cases
Abe T.
Jikei University School of Medicine,
Tokyo, Japan.
15.40: IV08
Evaluation of syringomyelia with three-dimensional
constructive interference in steady-state (CISS) magnetic resonance imaging:
advantages over conventional imaging.
Roser F,
Danz S, Ebner FH, Ritz R, Tatagiba M.
Klinik für Neurochirurgie & Abteilung Neuroradiologie, Tübingen,
Germany.
Wednesday 24th October
Session
4. Investigations
Chairmen:
Marcus Stoodley, Munchi Choksey
Original
papers:
16.30: IV09
Posterior fossa decompression in
syringomyelia associated with tonsillar herniation: correlation of MRI and
clinical evolution.
Daenekindt T, Depreitere B, Goffin
J, Van Calenbergh F.
University Hospital Gasthuisberg,
Leuven, Belgium.
16.40: IV10
Chiari type I malformation: MRI
analysis of posterior fossa volume expansion after suboccipital craniectomy.
Noudel R, Litré CF, Sotoares G,
Gomis P, Rousseaux P.
Maison Blanche Hospital, Reims,
France.
16.50: IV11
Pitfalls in making the diagnosis of
syringomyelia.
Mauer UM, Freude G, Kunz U.
Armed Forces Hospital, Ulm, Germany.
17.00: IV12
Evidence for intratonsillar and
intramedullary pulsatile fluid flow in syringomyelia before and after
craniocervical decompression.
Haass A, Backens M, Reith W,
Grunwald I, Strowitzki M.
University of the Saarland,
Homburg/Saar, Germany.
17.10: IV13
The pre-syrinx state: an appraisal.
Pinna G.
St Agostino Hospital, Modena, Italy.
17.20: IV14
Intra-operative type-B ultrasonography used to guide the treatment for
Chiari malformation with or without syringomyelia.
Liu Yong WJ.
General Hospital of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces, Beijing, China.
17.30: IV15
Intra-operative colour Doppler
analysis of the CSF flow in syringomyelia, Chiari I malformation, and tethered
cord.
Bolognese PA, Milhorat TH.
The Chiari Institute, New York, USA.
17.40: IV16
Accuracy of phase contrast MR
imaging in the detection of abnormal flow patterns in Chiari I malformation.
Haughton VM Hokes S, Islander BJ,
Turks PA, and Gentry L, McCue J.
University of Wisconsin School of
Medicine and Public Health, Madison, USA.
Thursday
25th October
Session
5. Chiari & hindbrain related
syringomyelia
Chairmen:
Guy Rouleaux, Spyros Sgouros
08.30: Invited
lecture: Thomas H Milhorat
Chiari and
hindbrain-related syringomyelia.
Original
papers:
09.20: CH01
Solutions after failure of
craniocervical decompression for Chiari I malformation.
Klekamp J.
Christliches Krankenhaus,
Quakenbrück, Germany.
09.30: CH02
Experiences in 237 Chiari-I/II-malformations an algorithm for tailored
craniocervical decompressions.
Geletneky K, Oracioglu B, Haux D, Muhcu S, Wirtz R, Aschoff A
University of Heidelberg, Germany.
09.40: CH03
Minimally
invasive procedure: a surgical technique for the treatment of Chiari
malformation with or without syringomyelia.
Liu-Yong WJ.
General Hospital of Chinese People's
Armed Police Forces, Beijing, China.
09.50: CH04
Initial management of
Chiari-syringomyelia complex with hydrocephalus
using endoscopic third
ventriculostomy.
Hayhurst C, Farah J, Pigott TJD,
Mallucci CL.
The Walton Centre for Neurology and
Neurosurgery, Liverpool, UK.
10.00: CH05
Does size matter? Extent of
craniocervical decompression for syringomyelia.
Saxena A, Farooqi N, Sinha S,
Bhattacharyya D, Battersby R.
Royal Hallamshire Hospital,
Sheffield, UK.
10.10: CH06
Craniovertebral decompression for
Chiari I hindbrain hernia, without associated syringomyelia: outcome in 80
cases
Dhir J, Thacker K, Flint G.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
10.20: CH07
Surgical outcome of cranioplasty over decompressed foramen magnum for Chiari type 1 malformation: Report of 20 cases.
Hirano Y, Sugawara T, Itoh Y, Mizoi
K.
Akita University School of Medicine,
Akita, Japan, & The Southern Tohoku Research Institute for Neuroscience,
Koriyama, Japan.
Thursday
25th October
Session
6. Chiari & hindbrain related
syringomyelia
Chairmen: Thomas Milhorat, Dominic Thompson
Original
papers:
11.00: CH08
Surgical treatment of Chiari I
malformation
Klekamp J
Christliches Krankenhaus,
Quakenbrück, Germany
11.10: CH09
A personal experience in 896 patients with syringomyelia and Chiari.
Aschoff A, Gerner HJ, Akbar M, Unterberg A, Geletneky C.
Departments of Neurosurgery & Orthopaedics, University of
Heidelberg, Germany.
11.20: CH11
To graft or not to graft
Farooqi N, Saxena A, Sinha S,
Bhattacharyya D, Battersby R
Royal Hallamshire Hospital,
Sheffield, UK
11.30: CH12
Craniovertebral decompression for Chiari I hindbrain hernia with
syringomyelia: a review of thirty cases.
Ekanyake J, Griffiths K, Flint G.
Queen Elisabeth hospital, Birmingham, UK
11.40: CH13
Does posterior fossa decompression
improve oculomotor and vestibulo-ocular manifestations in Chiari 1
malformations?
Liebenberg WA, Georges H,
Demetriades AK, Hardwidge C.
Hurstwood Park Hospital, Haywards
Heath, UK.
11.50: CH14
Resolution of
hindbrain deformity and syringomyelia after decompression of Chiari I
malformation.
Heiss JD, Wetjen NM, Oldfield EH.
National Institutes of Health,
Bozeman, USA.
12.00: CH15
Surgical
results of foramen magnum decompression for Chiari type1 malformation
associated with syringomyelia: a retrospective study on neuroradiological
characters influencing shrinkage of syrinxes.
Tamiya A, Kubota M, Yuzurihara M,
Tanaka M, Yamauchi T, Saeki N, Yamaura A, Minami S, Inoue M, Nakata Y.
Chiba University School of Medicine,
Chiba, Japan.
12.10: Invited
lecture: Dieter Grob
Scoliosis and syringomyelia.
Thursday
25th October
Session
7. Spinal deformity & Paediatric
aspects
Chairmen:
Dieter Grob, Tim Pigott
14.00: Invited
lecture: Jerry Oakes
Pediatric
aspects of syringomyelia and the Chiari malformations.
14.20: Invited
lecture: Harold Rekate
Where does the cerebrospinal fluid come from in
syringomyelia? Everything can be explained by bulk flow.
Original
papers:
14.40: SP02
Syringomyelia and scoliosis surgery:
the safe approach?
Mahattanakul W, Marks S,
Papastefanou S.
James Cook University Hospital,
Middlesbrough, UK.
14.50: SP03
A long term retrospective review of
patients with scoliosis associated with syringomyelia and Arnold-Chiari
malformations.
Shankar R, Chopin D, Steele N,
Charosky S, Morin C.
Institut Calot, Berck Sur Mer,
France.
15.00: SP04
Evolution of pseudomeningocele
following craniovertebral decompression in children with Chiari I malformation.
Sgouros S.
Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
15.10: SP05
Audit of foramen magnum
decompression for hindbrain hernia in the paediatric population of Sheffield.
Kamat A, Zaki H, McMullan J.
Children’s Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
15.20: SP06
Chiari I malformation and
syringomyelia in the paediatric age: clinical pictures and results of surgery
tailored on different subgroups in 75 cases.
Valentini L, Visintini S, Casali
C, Legnani F, Estienne M, Erbetta A,
Solero CL.
Fondazione Istituto Nazionale Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
15.30: SP07
Chiari malformation in paediatric
patients: analysis of syrinx association with sleep disordered breathing.
Walcott B, Anderson D.
Loyola University Medical Center,
Chicago, USA.
Thursday
25th October
Session
8. Post-traumatic syringomyelia
Chairmen:
Jerry Oakes, Sid Marks
16.30: Invited
lecture: Graham Flint
Adding
insult to injury: the scourge of post-traumatic syringomyelia.
Original
papers:
16.50: PT01
Long
term results 10-18 years after operations for post-traumatic syringomyelia.
Aschoff AM, Stippich C, Akbar M, Unterberg A, Geletneky K.
University of Heidelberg, Germany.
17.00: PT02
Post-traumatic syringomyelia: results of new surgery.
Kao CC.
Washington DC, USA.
17.10: PT03
Surgical treatment of post-traumatic
syringomyelia.
Ushewokunze S, Gan YC, Hamid N,
Thacker K, Flint G.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital,
Birmingham, United Kingdom.
17.20: PT04
Surgical treatment of syringomyelia.
Novak Z, Chrastina J, Kriva T,
Motaman S.
Department of Neurosurgery, MF MU FH
St Ann, Brno, Czech Republic.
17.30: PT05
Shunting of
post-traumatic syringomyelia into the fourth ventricle.
Lin CL, Yen HC.
Chang Gung Memorial
Hospital, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan.
17.40: PT06
Hydraulic myelopathy following surgery for post-traumatic syringomyelia.
Hossain-Ibrahim MK, Flint G.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital,
Birmingham, UK.
Friday 26th
October
Session
9. Other forms of syringomyelia
Chairmen:
Harold Rekate, Andy Brodbelt
08.30: Invited
lecture: Jorg Klekamp
Does idiopathic syringomyelia exist?
Original
papers:
09.00: OF01
Treatment of syringomyelia
associated with spinal arachnoid scarring.
Klekamp J.
Christliches Krankenhaus,
Quakenbrück, Germany.
09.10: OF02
Efficient
operation of post-arachnoiditic syringomyelia, a mission impossible?
Aschoff A,
Geletneky K, Ahamadi R.
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
09.20: OF03
Syringopleural
shunting in the treatment of syringomyelia: the results and complications.
Isik N, Çerçi A, Silav G.
SB Göztepe Education
and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
09.30: OF04
Lumboperitoneal shunts for
syringomyelia : an appraisal.
Oluigbo CO, Thacker K, Flint G.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital,
Birmingham, UK.
09.40: OF05
Management of syringomyelia
associated with foramen magnum arachnoiditis: a surgical series.
Pinna G, Musumeci A, Cecchi P.
Agostino Hospital, Modena, and
University Hospital, Verona, Italy.
09.50: OF06
Cardiac-gated phase contrast CSF
flow studies in MRI in patients with primary syringomyelia.
Mauer UM, Freude G, Kunz U.
Armed Forces Hospital, Ulm, Germany.
10.00: OF07
The managements of progressive paresis in a patient with a spinal
ependymoma, treated with surgery and radiotherapy with recurrent spinal
archnoid cysts.
Davies P, Bahl A, Bosma JJ, Patel UJ.
Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
10.10: OF08
Complex non-surgical treatment of
syringomyelia
Mirsaev TR, Borisova NA, Pervushina
EV.
Bashkir State Medical
University, Ufa, Russian Federation
Friday 26th
October
Session
10. Veterinary aspects & Genetics
Chairmen:
Jorg Klekamp, Carl Hardwidge
11.00: Invited
lecture: Claire Rushbridge
Canine
syringomyelia: a painful problem in man’s best friend.
11.20:
Invited lecture: Dominic Marino
Foramen magnum decompression with
cranioplasty for the treatment of Chiari-like malformation in dogs.
11.40: Invited
lecture: Guy Rouleau
The search for the gene(s) predisposing to Chiari I
malformation with syringomyelia.
Original
papers:
12.00: VG01
Morphometric study of the caudal
fossa in Cavalier King Charles Spaniel dogs by MRI.
Carrera I, Dennis R, Sullivan M.
Small Animal Clinical Science, Veterinary School, University of Glasgow,
UK.
12.10: VG02
Radiographic morphology of the
cranial vertebral column in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels and its relationship
to syringomyelia.
Talbot CE, Rusbridge C, Granger N, Jeffery ND.
Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge UK &
Stone Lion Veterinary Centre, London, UK.
12.20: VG03
Screening of Cavalier King Charles
Spaniels for Chiari-like malformation.
CA Loughin, DJ Marino.
Long Island Veterinary Specialists, New York, USA.
12.30: VG04
Studies of PRNP gene in patients
with syringomyelia from the Bashkortostan region of Russia.
