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| 1. Review the bony landmarks. |
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| 2. Remove any remaining
skin in the neck region and expose the platysma. |
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| 3. Reflect the platysma
superiorly to expose the cutaneous veins and nerves of the neck. |
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| 4. Identify the triangles
of the neck and clean the strap muscles and reflect them to expose the ansa
cervicalis and the thyroid gland. |
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| 5. Open the carotid sheath
to expose the associated vessels and nerves. |
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| 6. Dissect the thyroid
gland, its vascular supply, the recurrent laryngeal nerves and the parathyroid
glands. |
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