To determine whether Subarachnoid-Subarachnoid (S-S) Bypass results in better patient outcomes with fewer complications and improved quality of life compared to intradural adhesion lysis in individuals with Spinal Arachnoiditis and Syringomyelia.
1) history of traumatic spinal cord injury or other infection; 2) evidence of progressive neurological deficit, and/or pain syndrome; 3) MRI showing a syringomyelia due to spinal trauma or other infection; and 4) minimum follow-up period of more than 1 year.
Chiari-malformation, myelomalacia, subarachnoid cyst, syringomyelia due to other spinal diseases (such as degenerative spinal disease)