http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20642715
2010 Jul
OBJECTIVE:
The aim of this study was to summarise all cases in which chiropractic spinal manipulation was followed by death.
DESIGN:
This study is a systematic review of case reports.
METHODS:
Literature searches in four electronic databases with no restrictions of time or language.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE:
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Twenty six fatalities were published in the medical literature and many more might have remained unpublished.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.
"MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Death."
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