Spatial topography of the diaphragm in the sagittal plane in women

Abstract

Individual spatial topography of the patient diaphragm is of certain importance for diagnostic and therapeutic manipulations. The study to determine individual characteristics of the spatial topography of the human diaphragm in sagittal plane based on SCT-data considering sex, age and somatotype has been conducted. The material for the study was the data after examination of 75 patients with different diseases of the abdominal and thoracic cavities. Measuring of the diaphragm attachment angles in the sagittal plane was made on the vertebral, paravertebral, scapular and posterior axillary lines on both sides (front and back values). Statistical analysis of the measurements revealed little correlation between the age and angle of diaphragm attachment in female. Other parameters were not correlated with the studied values (sex and type of the body structure).