Surgeon making an incision
A surgeon makes the the initial incision in a thyroid lobectomy to gain access to the thyroid gland in the neck. A combination of sharp and blunt dissection is used to separate the platysma muscle and the deep cervical fascia as far as the thyroid cartilage. The process will then be repeated on the opposite side. The thyroid gland produces hormone
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Keywords: blade, cut, forceps, gland, goitre, incision, knife, neck, open, operation, procedure, scalpel, slice, surgery, surgical, thyroid, thyroidectomy
