Excision of solitary parathyroid adenoma - general and visceral surgery
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Skin incision
Incise the skin 2 finger widths (2-3 cm) superior to the suprasternal notch between the bellies of the left and right sternocleidomastoid muscles (so-called Kocher or collar incision). Divide the platysma with electrocautery.
Note: In single parathyroid adenomas with well-known location the skin incision may be much smaller than, e.g., in thyroidectomy.
Subcutaneous dissection, midline division
Exposing the thyroid
Locating the parathyroid adenoma
Excising the parathyroid adenoma
Wound closure
date of update: 12.02.2023
date of publication: 25.04.2008
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