- After thyroidectomy
- Preserve the superior parathyroid as there is a high likelyhood you will take the inferiors during dissection
- RLN on view
- Medial border - first
- Retrograde dissection down the RLN separating the tissue lateral of it off
- Lateral
- Carotid sheath
- Superior border
- Hyoid bone
- Inferior border
- Supra sternal notch