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Location: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/726445
Description: Objective: The aim of this study was to summarise all cases in which chiropractic spinal manipulation was followed by death.
Results: Twenty six fatalities were published in the medical literature and many more might have remained unpublished. The alleged pathology usually was a vascular accident involving the dissection of a vertebral artery.
Conclusion: Numerous deaths have occurred after chiropractic manipulations. The risks of this treatment by far outweigh its benefit.
Deaths after Chiropractic: A Review of Published Cases
E. Ernst
Posted: 08/30/2010; Int J Clin Pract. 2010;64(10):1162-1165.
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Author/Contact: E. Ernst
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Added: Fri Oct 15 2010