Difference in clinical presentation and surgical outcomes in pediatric and adult patients with Chiari malformation type 1: a single center retrospective study
This study demonstrates that while headache is the most common presenting symptom in both pediatric and adult CM1 patients, pediatric patients are more likely to present with scoliosis and sleep apnea. In contrast adult patients more frequently experience headache, neck pain, vertigo, and sensory symptoms. There were no differences in other preoperative imaging variables and outcomes were favorable for most patients in both groups.
Authors
- Victor E. Staartjes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1039-2098)
- Erik Edström (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8781-1169)
- Pascal M. Jabbour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8965-2413)
- Victor Gabriel El-Hajj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9479-761X)
- Adrian Elmi‐Terander (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3776-6136)
- Erik Öhlén
Institutions
- Uppsala University (SE)
- Örebro University (SE)
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (US)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- University Hospital of Zurich (CH)
- Neurological Surgery (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acta Neurochirurgica
- Published
- 2025-04-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-025-06534-3
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Spinal Dysraphism and Malformations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.64
Funders
- Karolinska Institutet