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

The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association;  September 1, 2002 ;     700+ 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 ;     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, ...

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 ......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 ...

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...

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

PR Newswire;  May 12, 2003 ;     700+ 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 ;     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 ......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 ;     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...

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...

Early diagnosis critical for carotid, vertebral dissections

Ophthalmology Times;  July 15, 2002 ;     697 words ......prompt attention Now York-Carotid and vertebral artery dissections are rare but potentially...treatment approaches. "Carotid and vertebral artery dissections are unusual disorders...dissections Spontaneous dissection of the vertebral artery is uncommon, and one cause may be...