Occipito-Cervical Fusion in Joint Hypermobility Syndrome with Dysautonomia

3rd Annual CSF Disorders Symposium: Connective Tissue Syndromes and Manifestations of CSF Disorders in the Brain and Spine

BROWN UNIVERSITY - PROVIDENCE, RI - JUNE 16, 2018

Dr. Harold Rekate describes the results of his analysis, looking at how patients with a collection of conditions including hypermobility (also known as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type 3), dysautonomia, Chiari malformation and general craniocervical junction instability. He analyzed how well these patients responded to occipito-cervical fusion as a surgical treatment for these syndromes. This presentation represents the results of this analysis and an ongoing search for answers.

Revised: 9/2019