Comorbidities and systemic features

Craniocervical instability and tethered cord — the contested frontier

contestedfindingstrata converge

Craniocervical instability and tethered-cord claims circulate strongly in community venues and some surgical case series, and CCI was among the most-endorsed diagnoses in the registry survey. Controlled evidence remains limited and surgical intervention carries real risk; this index marks the area contested rather than dismissing it.

Subtype scopehEDS, cEDS
Criteria erainternational-2017
Venuesr/ehlersdanlos, EDS and HSD Support Community (Inspire)
Reviewed2026-09-16
Reassess by2026-12-16

Evidence

communitycross-venue pattern
registryregistry analysis

CCI among most-endorsed alternative diagnoses in the registry survey.