Through these incisions, small laparoscopic instruments (about the diameter of the pen) are passed under the skin and down to the thyroid or parathyroid. Standard laparoscopic techniques are then used ...

The parathyroid glands are two pairs of small oval-shaped glands located in the front and the base of the neck, adjacent to the two lobes of the thyroid gland. They secrete parathyroid hormone ...

Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid nodule is a procedure in which a small sample of cells is obtained from a thyroid nodule with the aid of a thin needle under ultrasound guidance.