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==Neck organ pluck== | ==Neck organ pluck== | ||
===Non-suspicious cases=== | |||
#Trim tissue posterior to horns of the thyroid. | #Trim tissue posterior to horns of the thyroid. | ||
#Cut between thyroid horns & hyoid. | #Cut between thyroid horns & hyoid. | ||
#Cut off base of tongue. | #Cut off base of tongue. | ||
===Suspicious cases=== | |||
*In Canada, it is convention to do ''layered neck dissection''. | |||
**The strap muscles of the neck are lifted of in layers to look for injuries (mostly contusions). | |||
**Strap muscle hematomas may arise in a number of contexts, e.g. they are reported in drowning.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Püschel | first1 = K. | last2 = Schulz | first2 = F. | last3 = Darrmann | first3 = I. | last4 = Tsokos | first4 = M. | title = Macromorphology and histology of intramuscular hemorrhages in cases of drowning. | journal = Int J Legal Med | volume = 112 | issue = 2 | pages = 101-6 | month = | year = 1999 | doi = | PMID = 10048667 }}</ref> | |||
====Hyoid bone==== | ====Hyoid bone==== | ||