Adverse events in cervical spine interventions

Abstract

This paper summarizes cervical spine treatment accident and adverse event reports. Deathswere reported after chiropractor interventions, which were described as being due to vascular problems.Regarding adverse events, mild adverse events occurred in 0–30% of cases after cervical spine treatment.However, this rate is not notably higher than those of other treatments. In cervical spine approaches,insufficiency of blood flow in the vertebral artery has been focused on as a risk factor, but in recentyears, vascular dissection has become the highest risk factor. For safe cervical spine treatment, a correctassessment based on clinical reasoning is important.