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1: Orthopade. 2003 Oct;32(10):911-3; discussion 914-5.Click here to read Links

[Bilateral vertebral artery dissection after chiropractic treatment]

[Article in German]

Oehler J, Gandjour J, Fiebach J, Schwab S.

Neurologische Klinik, Universitätsklinik, Heidelberg. Jan.oehler@gmx.de

A 31-year-old woman suffered a brainstem infarction secondary to chiropractic neck manipulation. A dissection of both vertebral arteries could be demonstrated by MR tomography. This case report should alert therapists to be aware of vertebrobasilar complications after spinal manipulations.

PMID: 14579025 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]