What are the latest advances in Syringomyelia?

Right now they’re looking at how the CSF fluid flows. They’re looking at the dynamics of this. Because it does cause a blockage. There are several theories, but none provide guarantees. Surgery is extremely risky, and even that scenario no one has been cured. Once nerve damage has happened it is usually irreversible .

Shunting procedures for the syringomyelia disease spectrum have been criticized due to the inconsistent long-term outcomes. This surgical technique used to treat symptomatic idiopathic syringomyelia has been devised based on our intraoperative experience, surgical outcomes, and evaluation of the literature. The purpose of the wedges is to preserve patency of the communication between the syrinx cavity and the expanded subarachnoid space by preventing healing of the myelotomy edges and by maintaining an artificial conduit between the syrinx cavity and the subarachnoid space. Although short-term results are promising, continued long-term follow up is needed to determine the ultimate success of the silastic wedge shunting procedure.