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    Surgical Anatomy of the Thyroid Gland

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    ThereSurgical anatomyexistThoracic surgery many different shapes and sizes of thyroid glandsThyroid gland that can make each surgerySurgery unique and challenging. It is important to have an appreciation of the embryologyEmbryology of the thyroid glandThyroid gland to understand the many anatomic variants that can be encountered. The thyroid glandThyroid gland is situated near many critical structures, and a thorough understanding of the relationships to these structures is vital when performing thyroidectomy
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