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Thyroidectomy
Author(s) -
Eugenio Panieri,
Johan Fagan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1002/aorn.12055
Subject(s) - citation , thyroidectomy , medicine , psychology , computer science , library science , thyroid
The gland encircles the anterior and lateral aspects of the cervical trachea and is applied to the surface of the larynx. Lateral to the gland are the carotid sheath (common carotid artery, internal jugular vein and vagus/Xn) and the sternocleidomastoid (SCM) muscle (Figures 1, 2). Anterior to the thyroid are the infrahyoid strap muscles (sternohyoid and sternothyroid) (Figure 3). The deep/medial anatomical relations are the thyroid (caudad to attachment of sternothyroid muscle to oblique line) and cricoid cartilages, trachea, inferior constrictor and cricothyroid muscles, oesophagus, superior and inferior thyroid arteries, and RLNs (Figures 3, 4, 5). Superior Laryngeal n (Internal)