Middle thyroid vein

Exposure of the posterior thyroid. The thyroid is retracted toward the midline and the middle thyroid vein is divided. The areolar tissue behind the thyroid can be bluntly dissected with scissors.

Reproduced with permission from: Fox AC, Gauger PG. Thyroid lobectomy. In: Operative Techniques in Surgery, Mulholland MW, Albo D, Dalman RL (Eds), Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia 2015. Copyright © 2015 Wolters Kluwer Health.

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