בשל "הגנת זכויות יוצרים" מובא להלן קישור לתקציר המאמר. לקריאתו בטקסט מלא, אנא פנה/י לספרייה הרפואית הזמינה לך.

Targeting the deeper, subplatysmal structures in the neck has recently grown in popularity.

In particular, interventions targeting the “bulky” anterior digastric (AD) muscle have been described with excellent results.

However, much remains to be understood about the deep anatomy of the neck and the age-associated changes of the AD.

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between AD volume and age.

This retrospective study calculated the AD volume from MRI segmentation in subjects between the ages of 20 to 92 years, scans of whom had previously been recorded.

Those with compromised imaging due to pathology or artifact were excluded. Subjects were divided into 4 age-defined cohorts for clinical applicability