Hip
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@jeff_w a question for you:
Regarding the normal diagnostic scan for CCI/AAI you mention on your website, namely and upright MRI with flexion, extension and rotational views.
Is this MRI scan sufficient to detect all the other spinal/skull conditions that can produce ME/CFS-like symptoms, including:
Craniocervical instability
Atlantoaxial instability
Chiari malformation
Cervical spinal stenosis
Syringomyelia
Tethered cord
In other words, if someone gets such an upright MRI, and sends the results to one of the CCI/AAI neurosurgeons listed on your site, would they be able to detect all of these conditions? Or would you need a different sort of scan to detect some of the above?
I know you said in this post that tethered cord is usually not detected prior to CCI/AAI surgery, because when a patient has CCI/AAI, their cord has more slack, but once the CCI/AAI is corrected, the tethered cord becomes more apparent. So here I am guessing you may need a second scan to detect a possible tethered cord.
But apart from that, can all the above be detected on the one upright MRI?
By the way, in the UK, in addition to the Medserena Upright MRI centers you mention on your site, I came across another company offering upright MRIs at three UK locations: www.uprightmri.co.uk. I am not sure if they offer suitable MRIs.
Regarding the normal diagnostic scan for CCI/AAI you mention on your website, namely and upright MRI with flexion, extension and rotational views.
Is this MRI scan sufficient to detect all the other spinal/skull conditions that can produce ME/CFS-like symptoms, including:
Craniocervical instability
Atlantoaxial instability
Chiari malformation
Cervical spinal stenosis
Syringomyelia
Tethered cord
In other words, if someone gets such an upright MRI, and sends the results to one of the CCI/AAI neurosurgeons listed on your site, would they be able to detect all of these conditions? Or would you need a different sort of scan to detect some of the above?
I know you said in this post that tethered cord is usually not detected prior to CCI/AAI surgery, because when a patient has CCI/AAI, their cord has more slack, but once the CCI/AAI is corrected, the tethered cord becomes more apparent. So here I am guessing you may need a second scan to detect a possible tethered cord.
But apart from that, can all the above be detected on the one upright MRI?
By the way, in the UK, in addition to the Medserena Upright MRI centers you mention on your site, I came across another company offering upright MRIs at three UK locations: www.uprightmri.co.uk. I am not sure if they offer suitable MRIs.