Cortex-sparing infarction in triple cervical artery dissection following chiropractic neck manipulation
Author(s) -
Gayane Melikyan,
Saadat Kamran,
Naveed Akhtar,
Dirk Deleu,
Francisco Ruiz Miyares
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
qatar medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.171
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2227-0426
pISSN - 0253-8253
DOI - 10.5339/qmj.2015.16
Subject(s) - medicine , cervical artery , neck pain , chiropractic , dissection (medical) , radiology , infarction , magnetic resonance imaging , vertebral artery dissection , anastomosis , surgery , presentation (obstetrics) , hemiparesis , cardiology , myocardial infarction , angiography , pathology , alternative medicine
Chiropractic cervical manipulation can result in catastrophic vascular lesions preventable if these practices are limited to highly specialized personnel under very specific situations.
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