Preoperative measurements on MRI in Chiari 1 patients fail to predict outcome after decompressive surgery
Jussila, Miro-Pekka; Nissilä, Juho; Vakkuri, Minna; Olsén, Päivi; Niinimäki, Jaakko; Leinonen, Ville; Serlo, Willy; Salokorpi, Niina; Suo-Palosaari, Maria (2021-05-11)
Jussila, MP., Nissilä, J., Vakkuri, M. et al. Preoperative measurements on MRI in Chiari 1 patients fail to predict outcome after decompressive surgery. Acta Neurochir 163, 2005–2014 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-021-04842-y
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Abstract
Background:The purpose of our study was to research the parameters of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that would predict the outcome of surgery in patients with Chiari 1 malformation (CM1) and to evaluate changes in MRI parameters after surgery.
Methods:Fifty-one patients (19 children, 13 adolescents, and 19 adults) operated on due to CM1 in Oulu University Hospital between 2004 and 2018 were evaluated. Seventeen parameters were measured from the preoperative MRI and 11 from the postoperative MRI. The correlations between the MRI parameters and the clinical variables before and after surgery were analyzed.
Results:The majority (88.2%) of the patients had favorable surgical outcomes. Postoperatively, subjective symptoms improved in 88.6% of the patients and syringomyelia in 81.8%. The location of the cerebellar tonsils, when measured in relation to the C2 synchondrosis or the end plate, postoperatively moved cranially in 51.0% (n = 26), did not change in 27.4% (n = 14), and moved caudally in 21.6% (n = 11) of the patients. However, neither the location of the tonsils nor any other parameters measured from pre- or postoperative MRI correlated with the patients’ symptoms or surgical outcomes.
Conclusions:No specific parameters on preoperative MRI evaluation were predictive of the outcome of surgery, emphasizing clinical examination in surgical decision-making. Furthermore, the postoperative MRI parameters did not correlate with the surgical outcomes. Thus, routine postoperative imaging is suggested only for patients with preoperatively diagnosed syringomyelia or worsening of symptoms.
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