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Parathyroid Glands and Hyperparathyroidism

• Parathyroid Glands: Where They Are, Why Their Number and Location Vary, and How They Form (4:42)
  Where the four parathyroid glands usually sit behind the thyroid, how they form before birth, and why their number and position can vary. Related page: Parathyroid Glands.
• Why Aren't Parathyroid Glands Always in the Same Place? (YouTube Short, 0:59)
  A one-minute version of the parathyroid gland video. Related page: Parathyroid Glands.
• Primary Hyperparathyroidism: How Overactive Parathyroid Glands Raise Calcium (11:26)
  How one or more overactive parathyroid glands raise the blood calcium level, and the symptoms and effects this can cause. Related page: Hyperparathyroidism.
• How Do Parathyroid Glands Start Making Too Much Hormone? (YouTube Short, 0:54)
  A one-minute look at how primary hyperparathyroidism begins. Related page: Hyperparathyroidism.
• Parathyroid Surgery (2:05)
  An animation of parathyroidectomy, the operation to remove an overactive parathyroid gland. Related page: Parathyroidectomy.

Thyroid

• Thyroid Gland (12:16)
  The normal thyroid gland: its purpose, development, location and surrounding anatomy. Related page: Thyroid Conditions.
• Thyroid Nodule Workup (3:35)
  How a thyroid nodule is evaluated, including ultrasound, TI-RADS scoring, needle biopsy, the Bethesda system and molecular testing. Related page: Thyroid Nodules.
• Thyroid Surgery (2:16)
  An animation of hemithyroidectomy and total thyroidectomy, including protection of the parathyroid glands and the recurrent laryngeal nerves. Related page: Thyroidectomy.

Ears

• Ear Pressure With Flying (4:05)
  Why the ears feel pressure during air travel and other altitude changes, and why descent usually feels different from ascent. Related page: Ear Pressure.
• Ear Pressure With Air Travel (YouTube Short, 0:52)
  A short version of the ear pressure with flying video. Related page: Ear Pressure.
• Eustachian Tube Dysfunction, Serous Otitis Media and Ear Tubes (2:14)
  How Eustachian tube dysfunction can lead to fluid behind the eardrum, and how tympanostomy tubes work. Related page: Serous Otitis Media.
• Pulsatile Tinnitus (3:25)
  A rhythmic sound in the ear that follows the heartbeat, and its medical and anatomical causes. Related page: Pulsatile Tinnitus.

Nose and Sinuses

• Sinus Rinse Animation (0:43)
  An animation of nasal saline irrigation (salt water rinse). Related page: Nasal Saline Irrigation Technique.
• The Sinus Lining and Chronic Sinusitis (2:41)
  Causes of chronic sinusitis that come from the sinus lining itself, such as biofilms, ciliary problems and changes in the normal bacteria of the sinuses. Related page: Sinus Infection.
• Septal Perforation Repair (1:04)
  An animation of repair of a hole in the nasal septum using a flap of lining tissue. Related page: Septal Perforation.

Eyes, Eyelids and Face

• Blocked Tear Duct (2:44)
  A blocked tear duct and a surgical method for correcting it. Related page: Nasolacrimal Duct.
• Ectropion Repair (Tarsal Strip Procedure) (1:45)
  Looseness and outward turning of the lower eyelid (ectropion) and the tightening procedure used to correct it. Related page: Aging Eyes.
• Upper Eyelid Gold or Platinum Weight (1:32)
  A small eyelid weight used for incomplete eye closure from facial nerve weakness. Related page: Facial Weakness and Paralysis.
• Chemical Peel (11:38)
  A facial chemical peel, filmed from start to finish. Related page: Skin Resurfacing.

Head and Neck Cancer

• Head and Neck Radiation Therapy (4:31)
  How and why radiation therapy is used for head and neck cancer, using throat cancer as an example. Related page: Radiation Therapy.

Wound, Drain and Skin Care

• JP (Jackson-Pratt) Drain Care (2:20)
  What a Jackson-Pratt surgical drain is and how it is commonly cared for at home. Related page: JP Drain Care.
• Packing a Wound (2:18)
  A demonstration of wound packing with iodoform gauze and a cotton-tipped applicator. Related page: Care Technique Index.
• Bolster Over a Skin Graft (0:48)
  Care of a bolster dressing placed over a skin graft. Related page: Skin Grafts.
• Skin Graft Care After Bolster Removal (3:04)
  Care of a skin graft after the bolster dressing has been removed. Related page: Skin Grafts.
• Bleach Bath for Skin Sanitization (1:59)
  An animation of a dilute bleach bath, sometimes used to help clear certain bacterial skin infections.

History of Surgery

• The Last Organ: How the Parathyroid Glands Were Discovered (18:03)
  The story of the parathyroid glands, from their discovery in the 1800s to the first successful parathyroid operations. Related page: Parathyroid Glands.
• The Sea Captain Whose Seventh Operation Changed Surgery (YouTube Short, 1:10)
  Captain Charles Martell and the hidden parathyroid gland that took seven operations to find. Related page: Hyperparathyroidism.
• Safe Hands: The Secret Life of William Halsted (18:56)
  William Halsted, often called the father of modern American surgery, and the methods he brought to the operating room.
• The First Surgical Gloves Were a Love Story (YouTube Short, 0:57)
  How rubber gloves first came into the operating room at Johns Hopkins.

For Operating Room Teams

• Medtronic NIM Vital Setup (2024) (6:50)
  Setting up the NIM Vital nerve monitor for thyroid, parathyroid, parotid and neck dissection surgery. Related page: NIM Setup.
• Medtronic NIM Vital Setup (2023) (6:40)
  An earlier version of the NIM Vital setup video. Related page: NIM Setup.