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This study evaluates a single-institution experience with isolated FMD in CCM.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Patients meeting CCM criteria were identified from a prospective surgical database from March 2020 to December 2023. Patients with incomplete imaging or\u2009&lt;\u20096-month follow-up were excluded. Pre- and postoperative imaging assessed tonsillar descent, brainstem crowding, CSF flow, and syringomyelia. Clinical outcome was recorded.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Sixty patients met the inclusion criteria for CCM, but nineteen patients were excluded. Forty-one CCM patients underwent FMD. Headache prevalence decreased from 73.2% preoperatively to 7.3% at last follow-up (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001). One patient (2.4%) required reoperation for inadequate decompression. Median tonsillar descent improved from 15.0 to 0.0\u00a0mm (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001), and obex ectopia from 7.0 to 0.0\u00a0mm (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001). Anterior and posterior CSF effacement significantly improved. Craniocervical angle increased from 122.0 to 130.0\u00b0 (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.007), and pb\u2013C2 distance decreased from 7.0 to 5.0\u00a0mm (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001). No patient required OCF or ventral decompression during a mean 2.1-year follow-up.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Isolated FMD provides effective clinical and radiological improvement in most pediatric CCM patients. 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