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Post-traumatic syringomyelia (PTS) is relatively rare, but its complications can be serious.
In the beginning of the operative treatment (1900–1930), scarring could be reduced to a certain degree. In modern treatment (1980–1990) a shunt implantation showed also little effect in long-term follow-up studies. Influenced by the work of B. Williams, 58 PTS patients underwent surgery to create a pseudomeningomyelocele, an artificial CSF reservoir, performed to normalize the CSF flow. In a 10-year-postoperative follow-up study (minimum observation two years), good results were obtained in more than 70%.
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Jaksche, H., Schaan, M., Schulz, J., Bosczcyk, B. (2005). Posttraumatic syringomyelia — a serious complication in tetra- and paraplegic patients. In: von Wild, K.R.H. (eds) Re-Engineering of the Damaged Brain and Spinal Cord. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, vol 93. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-211-27577-0_29
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