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Otolaryngology, Head & Neck
Ear, nose, throat and the neck's compartments: the airway always first, the thyroid and the nerves that decide the voice, and the high-volume operations, tonsils, grommets, septum, whose small complication lists are learned precisely because the operations are so common.
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Surgical tracheostomy procedure
The open tracheostomy in under three minutes: strap muscles, isthmus, the window and the tube.
Source: Medscape · Watch on YouTubeWatch for
- Staying in the midline
- Dividing or retracting the thyroid isthmus
- The tracheal window between rings two and four
Minimally invasive total thyroidectomy
The operation through a small collar incision, with the nerve and the parathyroids preserved.
Source: Columbia University Department of Surgery · Watch on YouTubeWatch for
- The recurrent laryngeal nerve in the tracheo-oesophageal groove
- Capsular dissection to spare the parathyroids
- Ligating the superior pole close to the gland
Risks and complications of thyroid surgery
Voice change, low calcium and bleeding: what is consented for and why.
Source: UCLA Endocrine Center, UCLA Health · Watch on YouTubeTonsillectomy procedure: steps of surgery and post-op care
The dissection tonsillectomy step by step, then the bleeding that matters afterwards.
Source: The ENT Resident · Watch on YouTubeWatch for
- Finding the capsule and the plane
- Haemostasis in the fossa
- Primary versus secondary haemorrhage
Tonsils and adenoids surgery
What a family is shown before the operation.
Source: Children's Hospital Colorado · Watch on YouTube
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