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Surgical Positioning for Thyroidectomy by xofivig439 is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document provides guidance on preoperative workup, equipment, anesthesia, positioning, marking, and intraoperative monitoring for thyroidectomy. Preoperative workup includes thyroid ultrasound and biopsy of suspicious nodules, as well as neck imaging. A basic head and neck instrument set is needed, and general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation is most common. The patient should be supine with neck extended, and key anatomic locations should be marked. Intraoperative recurrent laryngeal nerve monit
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