Chiari Malformation Surgery Images

Operative site of a Chiari 1 malformation. All we see are the tonsils
of the cerebellum. The brain stem is obscured from our view.

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Operative photograph showing the site of a Chiari 1 malformation
after the shrinkage of the cerebellar tonsils.

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Operative view of the cranial nerves, arteries and brain stem in a patient with Chiari 1
malformation. In this patient, the eleventh (XI) cranial nerve has been compressed for
a long time and a neuroma or swelling has developed at the site of compresion.