This connection occurs through the phrenic nerve, which travels from the neck down to the diaphragm and has branches ... the pain often radiates to the right shoulder blade area.

When thousands of people gathered to hear British opera legend Lesley Garrett perform in Bristol for an open-air gala in July last year, few could have guessed just how significant an event it was for ...

Determined to find a solution to his problems, David turned to the internet and found that his symptoms were consistent with phrenic nerve damage. These vital cranial nerves send signals from the ...

Discover the causes, types, and complications of hiccups. Learn what triggers hiccups and also when persistent hiccups may signal a more serious condition ...

He had received a right jugular central venous catheter ... and each haemidiaphragm is supplied by the phrenic nerve. Damage to this nerve or intrinsic weakness of the diaphragm muscle fibres can lead ...

“We, I believe, traded off one set of major problems, which is PV stenosis, esophageal injury, and phrenic nerve damage, for a set of maybe not ... “I think the field is doing all the right things we ...

When King called Powell’s killing “murder”, Gilligan sued King along with other civil rights leaders for damage ... to his phrenic nerve that controls the diaphragm, which goes right through ...

The surgeon cut into her neck above the collarbone, snipped off an inch and a half of the right ... left phrenic nerve.) The cutting stops uncontrollable hiccups by disconnecting the diaphragm ...

Abercrombie’s phrenic nerve — extending from the spinal cord to the diaphragm — effectively ... “For him to be where he's at right now, it’s just testament to how much resilience he ...

It stimulates the phrenic nerve, the nerve in your neck that sends signals to your diaphragm. Your diaphragm is a muscle ... In some cases, phrenic nerve damage is too severe for the treatment to be ...

More serious phrenic nerve damage can paralyze the diaphragm and cause difficulty breathing. You actually have two of these nerves — the right and left phrenic nerves. They both stem from spinal ...