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In Radiopedia, The filum terminale is a filament of connective tissue that extends inferiorly from the apex of the conus medullaris.
apex of the conus medullaris.
Gross anatomy
The filum terminale is continuous with the pia mater and is described as having two sections:
The Institut Chiari & Siringomielia & Escoliosis of Barcelona does a surgical procedure on the Filum Terminale to stop strain on cord and brainstem, they claim to have good rate of improvement with this?
Please consult the Patient Satisfaction Rate for more than 900 patients that have undergone surgery by the means of our health method Filum System® that includes twelve protocols, of which the fourth is our exclusive surgical Sectioning of the Filum Terminale technique, in the pathologies Arnold Chiari I Syndrome, Syringomyelia, Scoliosis, Basilar Impression, Platybasia, Retroflexed Odontoid, Kinking of the Brainstem and others.
apex of the conus medullaris.
Gross anatomy
The filum terminale is continuous with the pia mater and is described as having two sections:
- filum terminale internum: upper three quarters of the filum; covered by the spinal dura and arachnoid meninges
- filum terminale externum: lower quarter of the filum; fuses with the investing dura mater and continues inferiorly to attach to the dorsal coccyx
- fatty filum terminale: can be considered as a cause of tethered cord 4 or may be considered a rare (<0.5%) anatomical variant in the asymptomatic patient 3
- ventriculus terminalis
- lipoma of the filum terminale
- tight filum terminale syndrome (thetered cord?)
The Institut Chiari & Siringomielia & Escoliosis of Barcelona does a surgical procedure on the Filum Terminale to stop strain on cord and brainstem, they claim to have good rate of improvement with this?
Please consult the Patient Satisfaction Rate for more than 900 patients that have undergone surgery by the means of our health method Filum System® that includes twelve protocols, of which the fourth is our exclusive surgical Sectioning of the Filum Terminale technique, in the pathologies Arnold Chiari I Syndrome, Syringomyelia, Scoliosis, Basilar Impression, Platybasia, Retroflexed Odontoid, Kinking of the Brainstem and others.