Role of Measuring Cognition & Cognitive Function in Managing Chiari

2016 CSF RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM : Cognition in Chiari Malformation & CSF Disorder

San Diego, California - September 24, 2016

Dr. Petra Klinge explains why the topic for this research meeting was chosen: a large number of patients with Chiari malformation and disorders related to cerebrospinal fluid experience cogntiive lapses and, sometimes, improve following treatment for those conditions. Watch to hear more of Dr. Klinge introduce the topic at the 2016 Colloquium in San Diego, California.

At the 2016 CSF Research Colloquium a group consisting of neurosurgeons, neurologists, neuropsychologists, pain management specialists, mathematicians and other experts came together to discuss a new and rather troubling problem: cognitive dysfunction in children and adults with Chiari malformation and cerebrospinal fluid disorders.

There is emerging evidence that suggests these patients experience significant cognitive issues that may play an important role in how those patients feel before and after treatment. This meeting was held to describe these problems and to discuss the different possible reasons that they may be occurring.

*Important: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this Colloqium are their own, based upon their individual specific experiences or their general observations reacting to hypothetical circumstances. The views expressed and the statements made by participating physicians do not represent specific medical advice nor do they represent any official policy or position taken by CSF. (2016)

Revised: 9/2019