Spontaneous vertebral artery dissection mimicking acute vertigo: Case...

The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology;  December 1, 1999 ;   Braverman, Itzhak; River, Yaron; Eliashar, Ron; Rappaport, Jamie M; Elidan, Josef;   787 words ......found to have vertebral artery dissection...KEY WORDS - chiropractic manipulation, vertebral artery dissection...trauma, chiropractic manipulation, intubation...the right vertebral artery at the C6...

The mechanics of neck manipulation with special consideration of the...

The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association;  September 1, 2002 ;   W Herzog; B Symons;   787 words ......with neck manipulation. Specifically, vertebral artery dissection, or other mechanical injury...focused on blood flow through the vertebral artery during diagnostic, and before and...treatment. There was (is) concern that vertebral artery occlusion may occur during neck ...

Distress triggered cervical root compression pain by looped vertebral...

Neurology India;  July 1, 2005 ;   Kalkan, E; Paksoy, Y; Reisli, R; Topatan, Hi;   787 words ......blood axial MR images revealed that vertebral artery loop compressed the Cface=+Subscript...time-of-flight) MR Angiography showed a vertebral artery tortuosity [Figure 3]. The patient...radiculopathy due to loops of the vertebral artery is seen rare. The average age was...

Techniques in the treatment of craniovertebral instability

Neurology India;  October 1, 2005 ;   Goel, Atul; Sharma, Praveen; Dange, Nitin; Kulkarni, Arvind;   787 words ......anatomyface=-Italic; The course of the vertebral artery, extensive venous channels in the...architecture and a complex and important vertebral artery relationship. Injury to the artery...blood flow from the contralateral vertebral artery. The vertebral artery adopts a ...

HEALTH SPECIAL: EXPERT TESTS THE New age medicines WHICH CLAIM TO CURE...

Evening Times;  July 19, 2002 ;   O'Connell Sanjida;   787 words ......therapies are as good as they say they are. Chiropractic manipulation What is it? Chiropractors diagnose and...chiropractor is now mainstream. The British Chiropractic Association reports 90,000 patient visits...neck can tear the fragile tissue of the vertebral artery and, in the worse ...

Transforaminal Cervical Epidural Injections

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine;  March 1, 2008 ;   de Leon-Casasola, Oscar A;   787 words ......accurately depicts the clinical course of vertebral artery dissection: thrombosis of the artery...the affected artery is the dominant vertebral artery and consequently, most of the blood...deserves discussion is the mechanism of vertebral artery injury by a 25-gauge, 2.5 inch, ...

Lethal Vertebral Artery Dissection in Pregnancy: A Case Report and Review...

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine;  April 1, 2006 ;   Tuluc, Madalina; Brown, Daniel; Goldman, Bruce;   787 words ......pregnant woman who developed right vertebral artery dissection with subsequent...varied predisposing factors for vertebral artery dissection and subarachnoid...carries a high mortality rate.12 Vertebral artery dissection is a rare cause...massive SAH caused by right vertebral ...

Small Risk for Stroke

The Washington Post;  May 22, 2003 ;     204 words ......rare type of stroke discussed -- the vertebral artery dissection -- has been associated...measured the forces transmitted to the vertebral artery during cervical spine (neck) manipulation...stretch or otherwise damage a normal vertebral artery. Based upon this study and other ...

Neurology Study 'Fraught With Design Flaws,' According to American...

PR Newswire;  May 12, 2003 ;     787 words ......factor for strokes resulting from vertebral artery dissections is fraught with design...treatment and one rare type of stroke--a Vertebral Artery Dissection (VAD). This is an unusual...Although the study found cases where vertebral artery stroke appeared to be correlated with...

Vertebral artery in relationship to C1-C2 vertebrae: An anatomical study

Neurology India;  April 1, 2004 ;   Cacciola, Francesco; Phalke, Umesh; Goel, Atul;   787 words ...Introduction The anatomy of the vertebral artery in the region of the craniovertebral...authors have reported incidence of vertebral artery injury during transoral surgery, lateral...relevant parameters pertaining to the vertebral artery in relationship to the C1 and C2 vertebrae...

Stroke following vertebral artery dissection: a case study.

MedSurg Nursing;  August 1, 1998 ;   Rosier, Patricia Kelly;   787 words ......arteries (PICA). Embolization from vertebral artery dissection secondary to cervical manipulation...the proximal two-thirds of the right vertebral artery. The patient had been seen by a chiropractor...internal carotid artery (ICA). The vertebral artery (VA) has also been frequently ...

RADIOLOGICAL CASE OF THE MONTH

Applied Radiology;  December 1, 2004 ;   Kishore, Ramakrishna; Richards, Andrew Philip;   787 words ......hemimedullary syndrome secondary to vertebral artery dissection IMAGING FINDINGS Computed...termination of the nondominant left vertebral artery at the level of Cl vertebra (Figure 3). The right vertebral artery, though patent, showed an area...

Canadian Chiropractic Researchers

The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association;  June 1, 2004 ;   Anonymous;   787 words ......manipulation effect the integrity of the vertebral artery. Her overall goal is to provide an...pre-existing pathological lesions of the vertebral artery are affected by manipulation. Her...development of an animal model of a vertebral artery injury that can be directly interrogated...

Ultrasound Guided Deep Cervical Plexus Block

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care;  April 1, 2006 ;   Sandeman, D J; Griffiths, M J; Lennox, A F;   787 words ......predominantly supply muscle5. Relationship to vertebral artery The vertebral artery lies in close proximity to the C2, 3 and...identifying the deep cervical plexus. The vertebral artery arises from the first part of the subclavian...

Variation of the groove in the axis vertebra for the vertebral artery

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  September 1, 1997 ;   Madawi, Ali Abou; Solanki, Guirish; Casey, Adrian T H; Crockard, H Alan;   787 words ......but there is a danger of injury to a vertebral artery. The risk is related to the technical...anatomy. We studied the grooves for the vertebral artery in 50 dry specimens of the second...transarticular screw would put the vertebral artery at extreme risk, and there is not...