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Bilateral and Multilevel Vertebral Artery Loop Formation Causing Cervical Radiculopathy: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Xiaoping Wang, Qifei Duan, Youhui Wu

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Xiaoping WangDepartment of Orthopedics, Zhongshan Xiaolan People's Hospital (The Fifth People's Hospital of Zhongshan) Xiaolan Clinical Institute of Shantou University Medical College, Zhongshan, CHN.
Qifei DuanDepartment of Orthopedics, Zhongshan Xiaolan People's Hospital (The Fifth People's Hospital of Zhongshan) Xiaolan Clinical Institute of Shantou University Medical College, Zhongshan, CHN.
Youhui WuDepartment of Orthopedics, Zhongshan Xiaolan People's Hospital (The Fifth People's Hospital of Zhongshan) Xiaolan Clinical Institute of Shantou University Medical College, Zhongshan, CHN.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a case of a 60-year-old man with bilateral and multilevel vertebral artery loop formation (VALF) presenting with chronic cervicobrachialgia and dizziness. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed bilateral vertebral artery loops at C4-5 compressing the right C5 nerve root, with computed tomography angiography (CTA) identifying an additional loop at the left V1 segment. The patient's symptoms resolved completely with conservative management over a six-month follow-up period. A literature review comparing similar cases over the past two decades reveals successful conservative and surgical management approaches.

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anatomical variationcervical radiculopathycervical spine surgeryconservative managementiatrogenic injury preventionvascular anomalyvertebral artery loop formation

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