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Sept 26 -Oct 3, 2010 |
“Zamboni’s theory seems sound to me”
Dr. Sclafani says experimental MS treatment based on thorough research
Originally Published: 2010-09-19
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Dr. Salvatore Sclafani says more teamwork and co-operation is needed in the medical community to help find the relationship between vein blockage and MS.
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Dr. Salvatore Sclafani has an over 40-year brilliant career behind him and his name is well known among multiple sclerosis patients. The chairman of radiology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, was not only the first American surgical radiologist to use the Chronic Cerebro-Spinal Venous Insufficiency [CCSVI] treatment, but he was also the first to harshly criticize the recently published Swedish and German studies that negated Dr. Paolo Zamboni’s theory – studies that firmly maintain there is no connection between multiple sclerosis and CCSVI.Sclafani, an expert surgical radiologist of Italian origins, quickly became a fan of the treatment developed by Dr. Zamboni, the Italian surgeon he met several times and who he admires greatly. Sclafani talked to Corriere Canadese/Tandem about the therapy that has stirred debate in Canada. In fact, Ottawa decided a few weeks ago to follow the advice of medical experts from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research and from the MS Society, who discouraged the federal government from allocating funds for experimentation. The federal health minister, therefore, announced that before making any decision, work groups will be organized to analyze and monitor the results of seven studies sponsored by the MS Society costing a total of $2.4 million.
What do you think about Zamboni’s theory?
“Dr. Zamboni’s theory — that an obstruction of the outflow of blood from the brain resulting from a congenital malformation of the vein walls and valves of the jugular and azygos veins causes some of the symptoms of MS and may be at least implicated in the development of the pathology seen in MS — seems sound to me. He has done very thorough research on the subject in many different areas including neurology, genetics, embryology, surgery, interventional, radiology, and others. My own experience is that these vein problems are very common in patients with MS.”
Have you practiced the CCSVI procedure?
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September 16, 2010, 7:02 pm EST by Steven H. Hirsch
Wonderful article about a wonderfully dedicated physician. One correction: Dr. Michael Dake at Stanford University also performed the procedure before 2010.
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