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

PR Newswire;  May 12, 2003 ;     700+ words ......that chiropractic neck manipulation is a risk factor...resulting from vertebral artery dissections is...measured during a neck manipulation were actually...adjustment to cause a vertebral artery dissection unless...

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

Neurology India;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ 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 ;     700+ 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 ...

Transforaminal Cervical Epidural Injections

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ 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, ...

Jury Finds Death of Canadian Chiropractic Patient "Accidental"

Dynamic Chiropractic;  February 26, 2004 ;     700+ words ......an adjustment to her neck, was an accident. While...after receiving an upper neck manipulation from Dr. Emanuele. Prior...her left intracranial vertebral artery and blocked 70 percent of the right vertebral artery intracranially. Dr. Rhodes...blood vessels such as the ...

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

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......pregnant woman who developed right vertebral artery dissection with subsequent massive...the varied predisposing factors for vertebral artery dissection and subarachnoid hemorrhage...and carries a high mortality rate.12 Vertebral artery dissection is a rare cause of SAH...

Small Risk for Stroke

The Washington Post;  May 22, 2003 ;     204 words ......eye. The rare type of stroke discussed -- the vertebral artery dissection -- has been associated with many...that measured the forces transmitted to the vertebral artery during cervical spine (neck) manipulation found that the forces transmitted to the artery...necessary to stretch ...

Robotic measurement and control for chiropractic research

Applied Bionics and Biomechanics;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......also implicated cSMT as a cause of vertebral artery dissection (Haldeman et al. 2002...anatomical configuration of the vertebral artery makes it vulnerable to injury. As the vertebral artery exits from the vertebral foramina...

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

Neurology India;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ 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...

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

The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology;  December 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......examination, was found to have vertebral artery dissection (VAD). This case...chiropractic manipulation, vertebral artery dissection, vertebrobasilar system, vertigo. INTRODUCTION Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is an uncommon...

Stroke following vertebral artery dissection: a case study.

MedSurg Nursing;  August 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......cerebellar arteries (PICA). Embolization from vertebral artery dissection secondary to cervical manipulation...of the proximal two-thirds of the right vertebral artery. The patient had been seen by a chiropractor...approximately 1 week prior to admission for a neck adjustment. The patient ...

RADIOLOGICAL CASE OF THE MONTH

Applied Radiology;  December 1, 2004 ;     700+ 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 ;     700+ 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 ;     700+ 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 ;     700+ 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...