Chiari Type III : Experience of Outcome for 15 Cases.

Objective: Chiari III malformations are extremely rare hindbrain malformations that are associated with a high early mortality rate, or severe neurologic deficits in the survivors. The treatment is early operative closure and cerebrospinal fluid diversion (CSF) shunting.

Methods: We operated on 15 patients by repair and excision between July 2014 till June 2020 and retrospective data collection was done.