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Trauma to the vertebral artery related to neck manipulation
Author(s) -
Simmons Kenneth C.,
Harvey Patrick,
Soo YoiSun,
Walker Grant
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1982.tb132253.x
Subject(s) - vertebral artery , brainstem , medicine , mechanism (biology) , neck injury , ischemia , cervical artery , radiology , cardiology , surgery , carotid arteries , medical emergency , poison control , philosophy , epistemology
We report a case ol brainstem ischaemia related to cervical manipulation, describe the angiographic findings and discuss a possible mechanism of vascular injury.