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. 2016 Dec 11;1(3):127–134. doi: 10.1016/S1098-612X(99)90201-2

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Fig 2. — Illustration depicting the modified extracapsular thyroidectomy technique. The thyroid gland adjacent to the trachea has been exposed through a ventral midline cervical approach. Bipolar cautery has been used to demarcate the thyroid capsule 300° around the external parathyroid gland. A pair of iris scissors is used to incise the capsule around the parathyroid gland. A paddle-shaped portion of thyroid capsule that contains the external parathyroid gland and the parathyroid blood supply is preserved and left in situ. The remainder of the thyroid capsule is removed when the thyroid gland is excised. The blood supply caudal to the parathyroid gland is ligated and transected.