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Thyroidectomy (Cadaver)

Daniel J. Rocke, MD, JD¹, Adam Honeybrook, MBBS¹, Kristen L. Zayan, BS², C. Scott Brown, MD²
¹ Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences, Duke University
² University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Tags: Fundamentals Otolaryngology

Main Text Procedure Outline Transcript Comments

Incision

Raise Superior and Inferior Flaps

Divide Strap Muscles
Separate Sternothyroid from Sternohyoid
Identify Airway and Midline

Find Isthmus

Dissect Strap Muscles Off Thyroid Gland

Identify External Branch of Superior Laryngeal Nerve
Retract Lobe and Divide Superior Thyroid Vessels
Retract Thyroid

Dissect Down to Nerve

Identify Nerve

Clear off Inferior Pole

Identify Trachea

Resect Thyroid

Trace Nerve into Larynx
Identify and Control Vessels
Identify Berry’s Ligament
Include Peroneal Lobe in Dissection

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Authors

Daniel J. Rocke MD, JD

Author C. Scott Brown, MD

C. Scott Brown, MD

Adam Honeybrook, MBBS

Kristen Lynne Zayan, BS

Filmed At:Duke University Medical Center

Article Information

Publication Date	N/A
Article ID	161.10
Production ID	0161.10
Volume	N/A
Issue	161.10
DOI
https://doi.org/10.24296/jomi/161.10