FIRST COMMERCIAL STAGE PRODUCT IN NORTH AMERICA FOR NON-INVASIVE DIAPHRAGM STIMULATION - STIMIT Activator 1 got market ...

30 Failure to demonstrate degeneration, inflammation or other pathologic processes in the diaphragm or phrenic nerve in most cases also speaks for a congenital defect. 6,21 The fact that ...

Another area of our body that can cause a tight diaphragm is less obvious and even a little surprising: the neck. The nerve that stimulates the diaphragm, called the phrenic nerve, doesn’t actually ...

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 ...

This is the induced paralysis of the left leaf of the diaphragm by interruption of the left phrenic nerve. It may be performed under local anesthesia with practically no operative risk.

The liver is located under the diaphragm and connected to the right shoulder via the phrenic nerve. If the cancer cells or ...

Most of us just laugh them off, drink some water, or hold our breath until they pass. But what if your hiccups were trying to tell you something important about your health?

He is the recipient of the Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation Professorship in Critical Care at Simon Fraser University to support his research on Ventilator induced diaphragm dysfunction and ...