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Suggest Treatment For Chiari Malformation In A Child
Question: My son is 12 years old and he has diagonied with Charaimal formation type 1 for last three years. We are regularly going for checking and taken MRI. But there no chaangesin body and Dr. Has advised for wait and watch policy. Once in a year we e doing MRI. Pl let me know what r possibilitiesfor doing surgery. Till how many years the skull will grow
Brief Answer:
Your son may not require surgery.
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for posting your query.
I have noted your son's diagnosis.
I would like to reassure that he may not require surgery. The complications in Chiari malformation type I is very rare, and surgery is almost never needed.
Moreover, the chances of problems occurring are more common in early childhood, as Chiari malformation is a developmental problem, and is present since birth.
We need to watch for 5-6 more years (until age 18) to be 100% sure that surgery is not needed, as head and neck growth can occur upto that age.
I hope it helps.
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM (Neurology) XXXXXXX Consultant Neurologist,
Apollo Hospitals, XXXXXXX
Your son may not require surgery.
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for posting your query.
I have noted your son's diagnosis.
I would like to reassure that he may not require surgery. The complications in Chiari malformation type I is very rare, and surgery is almost never needed.
Moreover, the chances of problems occurring are more common in early childhood, as Chiari malformation is a developmental problem, and is present since birth.
We need to watch for 5-6 more years (until age 18) to be 100% sure that surgery is not needed, as head and neck growth can occur upto that age.
I hope it helps.
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM (Neurology) XXXXXXX Consultant Neurologist,
Apollo Hospitals, XXXXXXX
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