Mohamed Abdelmohsen Bedewi, Yomna S Habib, Ayman A Sifey, Mamdouh Ali Kotb, Daifallah Mohammed Almalki, Ali Abdullah AlAseeri, Bader A Alhariqi, Kholoud J Sandougah, Tariq Alfaifi, Salvatore Marsico, Mariam Em Awad, Steven B Soliman
The aim of this study is to utilize ultrasound to evaluate the normal cross-sectional area (CSA) of the phrenic nerve (PN), at the level of the anterior scalene muscle. The study included 62 PNs in 31 healthy subjects (13 men, 18 women); mean age, 36.6 years; mean height, 161.1 cm; mean weight, 69.6 kg; and mean body mass index 25.8 kg/m2. High-resolution ultrasound images of the bilateral PNs were obtained by a radiologist with 15 years of experience in neuromusculoskeletal ultrasound...
July 28, 2023: Medicine (Baltimore)