Lukasz Antkowiak, Piotr Stogowski, Tomasz Klepinowski, Tristan Balinski, Hubert Mado, Piotr Sumislawski, Marcin Niedbala, Michalina Rucinska, Zuzanna Nowaczyk, Marta Rogalska, Damian Kocur, Anna Kasperczuk, Ryszard Sordyl, Wojciech Kloc, Wojciech Kaspera, Gertrud Kammler, Leszek Sagan, Adam Rudnik, Pawel Tabakow, Manfred Westphal, Marek Mandera
OBJECTIVE: The Chicago Chiari Outcome Scale (CCOS) serves as a standardized clinical outcome evaluation tool among patients with Chiari malformation type I (CM-I). While the reliability of this scale has been proven for pediatric patients, the literature lacks CCOS validation when used solely in adults. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the validity of the CCOS in an external cohort of adult patients. METHODS: The authors retrospectively analyzed the medical records of symptomatic patients with CM-I who underwent posterior fossa decompression between 2010 and 2018 in six neurosurgical departments...
March 2023: Neurosurgical Focus