Vertebral artery stenting will be justified if these studies demonstrate substantial benefits of endovascular revascularization to medical management for patients with symptomatic vertebral artery ...

Patients with cervical spine trauma who had a vertebral artery injury had risk-adjusted increased odds of complications, unplanned procedures and longer length of stay, according to results.Using ...

The vertebral-basilar system supplies the brain-stem, cerebellum and temporal and occipital lobes 2 (Fig. 1). It begins as the vertebral artery, which is the first branch of the subclavian artery.

A vertebral artery tear, or dissection, is known to cause strokes that can affect younger people in their 20s or 30s, and has nothing to do with a person’s health, Kazuma Nakagawa, a stroke ...

The surgical management of atlantoaxial instability remains one of the most challenging and delicate procedures in spinal surgery. Instability between the atlas (C1) and axis (C2) is often associated ...

A retrospective study of stroke cases at two major academic medical centers, led by University of California, San Francisco neurologists, indicates that chiropractic manipulation of the neck can cause ...

Carissa suffered a tear in the inner lining of the vertebral artery - a condition known as a vertebral artery dissection (VAD) - after her chiropractor performed a neck-cracking move ...

Bow Hunter’s syndrome is a rare neurological disorder that can cause dizziness, fainting, and other symptoms. It can resolve itself naturally, but it’s treatable if a doctor diagnoses and treats it ...

Data are amassing to support the use of percutaneous angioplasty and stent placement of symptomatic vertebral artery disease. Although it may be a relatively safe and effective approach that avoids ...