The neck circumference and the distance from the
suprasternal notch to right mastoid process was measured to know the girth and shortness or height of the neck, which has any binding on the technique.
With the cuff palpation method, the tube is secured after ballottement at the
suprasternal notch causes pilot cuff distension (3).
Cardiac specimens were dissected out from the cadavers after giving two longitudinal incisions in the right and left parasternal region extending up to sternoclavicular joints and joining them with two transverse incisions above and below the
suprasternal notch and xiphisternum respectively.
A 22 guage finder needle with a 2cc syringe filled with saline was passed beneath the sternomastoid muscle with the needle directed towards the
suprasternal notch. Return of venous blood back into the syringe by aspiration confirmed entry of needle into the vein.
A vertical incision is made approximately between the
suprasternal notch and cricoid cartilage.
Forty two year old female presented with a small swelling over the sternal region which was about 5 cm below the
suprasternal notch in the midline and of six months duration.
INTRODUCTION: A H-shaped, brownish red, highly vascular thyroid gland is located anterior to trachea and midway between the apex of thyroid cartilage and
suprasternal notch. Important neighboring posterior structure include four para thyroid glands situated behind the pear shaped lobes and recurrent laryngeal nerves coursing along trachea.
INTRODUCTION: A normal thyroid gland is located anterior to trachea and midway between the apex of thyroid cartilage and
suprasternal notch. Important neighboring posterior structure include four para thyroid glands situated behind the pear shaped lobes and recurrent laryngeal nerves coursing along trachea.