At the abstract level, concordant exclusions (66%) were as follows: not about craniocervical dissection 54% ... 28% (122/430), combined data about vertebral and carotid artery dissection that ...

Although most studies did not describe the location along the vertebral artery course of the dissection (Fig. 2; labels V1-V4), the proportions in those studies in which location along the vessel ...

Medical professionals raise concerns over the hidden dangers of chiropractic neck manipulations as new cases emerge.

Dr Bing said: 'Forceful neck adjustments can carry a rare but serious risk, and that is vertebral artery dissection.' This is a tear in the artery that supplies blood to the brain stem and spine.

Patients with vertebrobasilar stenosis are currently being enrolled in two other randomized studies; the Vertebral Artery Stenting Trial (VAST), 8 for stenting of intracranial or extracranial ...

The researchers studied cases of spontaneous vertebral artery dissection (sVAD), a rupture of a blood vessel in the back of the neck that causes a stroke, with patients’ sleeping habits.