Phrenic Nerve Palsy Accompanying Chiropractic Manipulation of the Neck - Concepedia

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Phrenic Nerve Palsy Accompanying Chiropractic Manipulation of the Neck

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1993

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CELINA TOLGE, Vasudeva G. Iyer, John D. McConnell

Southern Medical Journal

MedicineChiropracticNeck PathologyCerebral PalsyNeck DisorderCraniofacial SurgeryBilateral Diaphragmatic PalsyOrthopaedic SurgerySevere OrthopneaCervical Manipulation

Abstract

We have described a case of bilateral diaphragmatic palsy temporally related to chiropractic manipulation of the neck. Severe orthopnea of acute onset during cervical manipulation was the main symptom.