Altered Subarachnoid Space Compliance and Fluid Flow in an Animal Model of Posttraumatic Syringomyelia

Abstract

Increasing caudal subarachnoid space compliance with a shunt does not affect local CSF flow into the spinal cord and syrinx. These results suggest that localized alterations in compliance, as opposed to obstruction from traumatic arachnoiditis, may act as an important factor in syrinx pathogenesis.