DATE AND TIME: [Date and time]
URGENCY: Elective / Non-elective
SURGEON: [Name]
ASSISTANT: [Name / None]
ANAESTHETIST: [Name]
OPERATION: Hemithyroidectomy (Right / Left)
ANAESTHETIC: General endotracheal anaesthesia
ANTIBIOTICS: [Drug and dose / Not indicated]
DVT PROPHYLAXIS: [Agent / mechanical / Not indicated]
POSITION: Supine with neck extended over shoulder roll
INDICATION:
[Solitary thyroid nodule with follicular cytology / dominant cold nodule in multinodular goitre / suspicious cytology]. Preoperative investigations: USS [findings], cytology [result]. Laryngoscopy confirming normal bilateral vocal cord movement.