Craniocervical arterial dissections as sequelae of chiropractic manipulation: Patterns of injury and management - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1197-1205

  Albuquerque, Felipe C ^a   Hu, Yin C ^a   Dashti, Shervin R ^a   Abla, Adib A ^a   Clark, Justin C ^a   Alkire, Brian ^a   Theodore, Nicholas ^a   McDougall, Cameron G ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial dissection; Chiropractic; Internal carotid artery; Manipulation; Vascular disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOCERVICAL ARTERIAL DISSECTION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK PAIN; HERNIA; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; BASILAR ARTERY; CRANIOTOMY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 83055172319     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.8.JNS111212     Document Type: Article

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