Are there surgical options to fix syringomyelia?

Yes: If the syrinx is causing significant symptoms, it can be drained with a shunt to either just outside the spinal cord or to another part of the body. Please note that if the syrinx is being caused by something such as a tumor or chiari malformation, that condition should be treated first. Often the syrinx will go away without direct treatment if the condition causing it is successfully treated.

Surgery: Symptomatic syringomyelia can be treated with direct surgery which usually involves diverting the fluid from inside the spinal cord to some other space (often with a small plastic tube). Syringomyelia that are the result of a chiari malformation can be treated more indirectly by treating the chiari malformation itself and the syringomyelia will resolve spontaneously.