Deaths after chiropractic: a review of published cases

International Journal of Clinical Practice
Edzard Ernst

Abstract

The aim of this study was to summarise all cases in which chiropractic spinal manipulation was followed by death. This study is a systematic review of case reports. Literature searches in four electronic databases with no restrictions of time or language. Death. Twenty six fatalities were published in the medical literature and many more might have remained unpublished.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. Numerous deaths have occurred after chiropractic manipulations. The risks of this treatment by far outweigh its benefit.

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