Simple Structure of
Peripheral Nervous System Surgery
- Department of Neuroscience -
Local Health Authority of Romagna, Italy

Historical Hospital "Per gli Infermi" in Faenza (RA) Viale Stradone 9
Photo: Hall of Columns

SURGERY: INNOVATIVE MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY OF THE EXTRADURAL SECTION OF THE FILUM TERMINALE UNDER LOCAL ANAESTHESIA (SEE DEDICATED PAGE WITHIN THIS WEBSITE).
PATHOLOGIES: tethered cord syndrome and occult tethered cord syndrome may be associated with Low Lying Cerebellar Tonsils (LLCT) and Chiari malformation.
SYMPTOMS: most symptoms are usually subjective. Symptoms in the lumbar region and lower limbs are rarely objective and do not allow regular walking.

We filmed patients with walking disorders before and after our innovative minimally invasive surgery under local anaesthesia, documenting the incredible and immediate benefits.

OUR RECENT SCIENTIFIC PAPER

Below you can read abstracts of the scientific papers published by us in international journals of neurosurgery, "OPERATIVE NEUROSURGERY" and "PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERY" (NOT OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL), describing FOR THE FIRST TIME:

- The minimally invasive surgery under local anaesthesia of section of the filum terminale externum for the treatment of tethered cord;

- The innovative diagnostic-surgical protocol which involves the association between prone lumbar magnetic resonance and the minimally invasive surgery with the section of the filum terminale externum under local anaesthesia for the treatment of the occult tethered cord.

See the dedicated pages within the website to associate the tethered cord or occult tethered cord with the low lying cerebellar tonsils (LLCT) or the Chiari malformation.

FILUM TERMINALE EXTERNUM SECTIONING

Minimal Incision Microsurgery (MIMS) surgical technique to filum terminale externum sectioning is performed in local anesthesia by means of a small skin incision of about 4 centimeters.

This surgical technique has been performed by us since 2010, we have operated around 350 Italian patients, 22 patients residing abroad including 3 on the American continent.

For more information visit the dedicated pages on this website INNOVATIVE SURGERY: FILUM TERMINALE EXTERNUM SECTIONING IN LOCAL ANESTHESIA.

LUMBAR MRI IN PRONE POSITION
and minimally invasive
FILUM TERMINALE EXTERNUM SECTIONING
under local anaesthesia in
OCCULT TETHERED CORD

In 2020 were published in the scientific journal Pediatric Neurosurgery our innovative protocol. It involves the association between lumbar MRI in the prone position and minimally invasive surgery of the filum terminale extradural (externum) section under local anaesthesia.

We described this protocol for the first time in the international medical scientific literature.

The italian patients operated with this protocol are generally adult patients, and to date, they are over 350, the adolescent patients operated on have been the subject of the aforementioned scientific work.
In adult patients, the occult tethered cord can present itself as the only pathology or association with the presence of the tonsils slightly descended cerebellar, 0-4 mm (LLCT), or Chiari malformation.

WHO WE ARE

We are a team of neurosurgeons who perform surgery for degenerative spine diseases and tethered cord and occult tethered cords. We also perform surgical treatment for peripheral nervous system pathologies such as traumatic lesions, entrapment and tumours.

INNOVATIVE SURGERY WE PERFORM:
-VERONESI Vanni MD: Minimally invasive surgical treatment in local anaesthesia of sectioning of extradural filum terminale for the treatment of the tethered cord and occult tethered cord, pure or in association with Chiari malformation type I.

- SACCO Carlo MD: Surgical treatment of "nerve transfer" in quadriplegic patients to resume the use of the hands.

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CONTACT US

Italian patients can book a neurosurgical visit in freelance with Veronesi Vanni MD by calling the toll-free number 800 00 44 88 of the CupTel AUSL of Romagna from Monday to Friday from 8 to 18, Saturdays and days before public holidays from 8 to 13.
Alternatively, reservations for medical visits can be made with the Electronic Health Record.

The toll-free number 800 00 44 88 is not active for those calling from outside Italy.
Foreign patients who want to book a medical appointment can send a message by clicking in the GREEN box below, and they will receive the appropriate information.

The outpatient clinic for medical examinations is inside the "per gli Infermi" hospital in Faenza in Viale Stradone, 9.

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ABOUT US: PATIENT REVIEWS

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To read the reviews of the patients treated at the Faenza Hospital on the Qsalute website, click on the GREEN box below for the "FAENZA HOSPITAL NEUROSURGERY" page.

Other reviews can be read on the "HOSPITAL FAENZA" page on the Qsalute website by clicking here
https://www.qsalute.it/hospital-di-faenza/

The reviews of patients previously treated at the Hospital of Lugo (RA) (the previous site of our surgical activity) are on the page "NEUROSURGERY LUGO HOSPITAL", to read click on the following link

http://www.qsalute.it/neurochirurgia-Ospedale-lugo/

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Simple Structure of
Peripheral Nervous System Surgery
- Department of Neuroscience -
Local Health Authority of Romagna, Italy

PRE AND POSTOPERATORY VIDEOS

OUR RECENT SCIENTIFIC PAPER

INNOVATIVE Minimal Incision Microsurgery (MIMS) SURGICAL TECHNIQUE DESCRIBED FOR THE FIRST TIME and published on the prestigious American international scientific journal "operative neurosurgery"

FILUM TERMINALE EXTERNUM SECTIONING