caa a22 4500 463199944 CHVBK 20180405153109.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00276-007-0179-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00276-007-0179-3 Size and location of the fetal diaphragm during the fetal period in human fetuses [Elektronische Daten] [Mehmet Malas, Emine Evcil, Kadir Desdicioglu] Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the development and the size and localization of the diaphragm during the fetal period in human fetuses. Materials and methods: One hundred and eighty-four diaphragm obtained from human fetuses aged between 9 and 40weeks of gestation was used in this study. The localization of the diaphragm with respect to abdominal cavity and the level of costodiaphragmatic recess with respect to the ribs were determined. The dimensions (height, width, and depth) of the diaphragm were measured. The diameter and localization of apertures on the diaphragm were determined. Results: During the fetal period, the costodiaphragmatic recess was most commonly located at the level of the 9th rib. Means and standard deviations of the all parameters with respect to gestational weeks and months were calculated. No significant differences were observed between sexes for any of the parameters (P >0.05). All parameters were increasing with age during fetal period. There was significant correlation between gestational age and all parameters (P <0.001). The localizations of the diaphragmatic apertures did not change throughout the fetal period and aortic hiatus and oesophageal hiatus were most frequently situated to the left of the median plane. Conclusion: New data are derived for human fetuses to evaluate diaphragmatic development. Data acquired in this study are believed to contribute to studies of obstetrics, perinatology, forensic medicine and fetal pathology on fetal development of the diaphragm, and diagnosis of its anomalies, pathologies and variations. Springer-Verlag, 2007 Diaphragm nationallicence Costodiaphragmatic recess nationallicence Human fetus nationallicence Anatomy nationallicence Development nationallicence Malas Mehmet Medical Faculty, Department of Anatomy, Süleyman Demirel University, 32260, Isparta, Turkey aut Evcil Emine Medical Faculty, Department of Anatomy, Süleyman Demirel University, 32260, Isparta, Turkey aut Desdicioglu Kadir Medical Faculty, Department of Anatomy, Süleyman Demirel University, 32260, Isparta, Turkey aut Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy Springer-Verlag 29/2(2007-03-01), 155-164 0930-1038 29:2<155 2007 29 276 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-007-0179-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-007-0179-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Malas Mehmet Medical Faculty, Department of Anatomy, Süleyman Demirel University, 32260, Isparta, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Evcil Emine Medical Faculty, Department of Anatomy, Süleyman Demirel University, 32260, Isparta, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Desdicioglu Kadir Medical Faculty, Department of Anatomy, Süleyman Demirel University, 32260, Isparta, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy Springer-Verlag 29/2(2007-03-01), 155-164 0930-1038 29:2<155 2007 29 276 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer