Joanna Kowalczyk died in October 2021 after she suffered acute arterial dissections at the base of her skull and neck, which was also the exact location where she received chiropractic treatment.

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 ...

Joanna Kowalczyk, 29, is believed to have suffered an arterial dissection – a tear in the lining of an artery – after injuring her neck during a personal training session. 24K-Production ...

Our base-case model found that over a lifetime the addition of elective neck dissection to primary surgery reduced overall costs by $6,000 and improved effectiveness by 0.42 QALYs compared with ...

FDG-PET/CT significantly improved the accuracy of the detection of pathologic-confirmed residual disease, thereby reducing the number of patients undergoing unnecessary salvage neck dissection by 22%.

An epidemiological association has been suggested between CD, especially vertebral artery dissection, and cervical manipulation therapy based on case-control and other studies.

Source: March J, et al. Abstract AHNS053. Presented at: American Head & Neck Society Annual Meeting at COSM 2022; April 27-28, 2022; Dallas.

While back pain is musculoskeletal, if it becomes persistent, especially if accompanied by abdominal pain or a pulsing ...

LAS VEGAS (WKRC) - A woman claimed a chiropractor tore her artery while cracking her neck during a routine visit. According to PEOPLE, 41-year-old Carissa Klundt of Las Vegas claims she was left ...

Lymph node yield from neck dissection was the only factor associated with improved regional control (hazard ratio, 0.46). Regional recurrences were mostly isolated.