TY - JOUR
T1 - Ultrasound of the normal vagus nerve cross-sectional area in the carotid sheath
AU - Bedewi, Mohamed Abdelmohsen
AU - Kotb, Mamdouh Ali
AU - Almalki, Daifallah Mohammed
AU - Alaseeri, Ali Abdullah
AU - Sandougah, Kholoud J.
AU - Abdelnaby, Ramy
AU - Soliman, Steven B.
AU - Alhariqi, Bader A.
AU - Mohammed Alfaifi, Tariq
AU - Mohammed Aldossary, Nasser
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2023 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.
PY - 2023/6/9
Y1 - 2023/6/9
N2 - The aim of this article is to utilize ultrasound to evaluate the normal cross-sectional area (CSA)of the vagus nerve (VN) in the carotid sheath. This study included 86 VNs in 43 healthy subjects (15 men, 28 women); mean age 42.1 years and mean body mass index 26.2 kg/m2. For each subject, the bilateral VNs were identified by US at the anterolateral neck within the common carotid sheaths. One radiologist obtained 3 separate CSA measurements for each of the bilateral VNs with complete transducer removal between each measurement. Additionally, for each participant, demographic information of age and gender as well as body mass index, weight, and height were documented. The mean CSA of the right VN in the carotid sheath was 2.1 and 1.9 mm2 for the left VN. The right VN CSA was significantly larger than the left VN (P <.012). No statistically significant correlation was noted in relation to height, weight, and age. We believe that the reference values for the normal CSA of the VN obtained in our study, could help in the sonographic evaluation of VN enlargement, as it relates to the diagnosis of various diseases affecting the VN.
AB - The aim of this article is to utilize ultrasound to evaluate the normal cross-sectional area (CSA)of the vagus nerve (VN) in the carotid sheath. This study included 86 VNs in 43 healthy subjects (15 men, 28 women); mean age 42.1 years and mean body mass index 26.2 kg/m2. For each subject, the bilateral VNs were identified by US at the anterolateral neck within the common carotid sheaths. One radiologist obtained 3 separate CSA measurements for each of the bilateral VNs with complete transducer removal between each measurement. Additionally, for each participant, demographic information of age and gender as well as body mass index, weight, and height were documented. The mean CSA of the right VN in the carotid sheath was 2.1 and 1.9 mm2 for the left VN. The right VN CSA was significantly larger than the left VN (P <.012). No statistically significant correlation was noted in relation to height, weight, and age. We believe that the reference values for the normal CSA of the VN obtained in our study, could help in the sonographic evaluation of VN enlargement, as it relates to the diagnosis of various diseases affecting the VN.
KW - carotid sheath
KW - cross-sectional area
KW - reference values
KW - sonographic
KW - ultrasound
KW - Vagus nerve
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U2 - 10.1097/MD.0000000000033996
DO - 10.1097/MD.0000000000033996
M3 - Article
C2 - 37335655
AN - SCOPUS:85162683272
SN - 0025-7974
VL - 102
SP - E33996
JO - Medicine (United States)
JF - Medicine (United States)
IS - 23
ER -