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[Bilateral vertebral artery dissection after chiropractic treatment]

J Oehler1, J Gandjour, J Fiebach

  • 1Neurologische Klinik, Universitätsklinik, Heidelberg. Jan.oehler@gmx.de

Der Orthopade
|October 28, 2003
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A 31-year-old woman suffered a brainstem infarction secondary to chiropractic neck manipulation. A dissection of both vertebral arteries could be demonstrated by MR tomography. This case report should alert therapists to be aware of vertebrobasilar complications after spinal manipulations.

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