Your lower esophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, and kidneys are below the diaphragm, in your abdominal cavity. The left and right phrenic nerves send signals to control the diaphragm ...

Hiccups are sudden movements or repeated spasms of the diaphragm that you can’t control. This sudden inhalation is what ...

Diaphragm paralysis is typically due to damage to the phrenic nerve; eventration is most commonly congenital. Surgical plication to stabilize the diaphragm is needed to prevent the lungs from ...

[4] Diaphragmatic paralysis due to phrenic nerve involvement has only been reported in two previous instances, [6,7] both from the tropics. Our report introduces the third such patient with this ...

(He had halted an attack, three years ago, by cutting her left phrenic nerve.) The cutting stops uncontrollable hiccups by disconnecting the diaphragm from nervous impulses that cause its ...

In this type of the disease, the phrenic nerve, running from the medulla to the breathing-control muscles of the diaphragm, is unharmed. A patient suffering from bulbar polio is unable to breathe ...

One significant study investigated the impact of the depth of cervical plexus block on phrenic nerve function and diaphragmatic motion. In this randomized trial, patients received either ...

He has been awarded 2 CIHR grants as the principle investigator to explore the impact of phrenic nerve stimulation on mitigating ventilator induced diaphragm dysfunction. His research focuses on ...