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Procedures on the Diaphragm

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Thoracic Surgery

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The only motor nerve of the diaphragm is the phrenic nerve. Sensory innervation is additionally supplied by the 6th through 12th intercostal nerves. Both the left and right phrenic nerve divide into branches of variable number before reaching the diaphragm. The right phrenic nerve ramifies while still within the fatty tissue of the right cardiac angle (before entering the central tendon of the diaphragm), usually lateral to the inferior vena cava. The left phrenic nerve ramifies about 3 cm from the central tendon while still within the fatty tissue of the left cardiac angle [49].

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Grundmann, R. (1989). Procedures on the Diaphragm. In: Pichlmaier, H., Schildberg, F.W. (eds) Thoracic Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83256-7_8

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