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OSBORNE HEAD AND NECK INSTITUTE.COM |
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THE ART AND SCIENCE OF HEAD AND NECK SURGERY |
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310 657 0123 |
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Endoscopic Video-Assisted Thyroid Surgery |
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STEP 1: A SMALL INCISION IS MADE IN THE ANTERIOR NECK |
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STEP 2: THE SURGEON LOCALIZES THE AREA OF THE THYROID THAT IS TO BE REMOVED BY PALPATING THE NODULE THROUGH THE INCISION SITE. NOTE THE INCISION IS NO LONGER THAN ONE FINGER BREADTH. |
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STEP 3: THE VIDEO ENDOSCOPE IS INTRODUCED IN THE NECK AND THE DISSECTION BEGINS. |
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STEP 4: DISSECTION IS FACILITATED WITH THE HARMONIC SCALP |
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STEP 5: THE THYROID IS NOW FREED FROM THE SURROUNDING SOFT TISSUES |
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STEP 6: TRACHEAL ATTACHMENTS TO THE THYROID ARE DIVIDED UNDER DIRECT VISION |
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STEP 7: THE DISEASED THYROID GLAND IS THEN DELIVERED FROM THE NECK |
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3 WEEK FOLLOW-UP AFTER MINIMALLY INVASIVE ENDOSCOPIC THYROIDECTOMY |