 A Bovie cautery was used to mobilize the longus colli muscle around initially what turned out to be C6-C7 disk based on x-rays and then around the C5-C6 disk space. 
A Bovie cautery was used to mobilize the longus colli muscle around initially what turned out to be C6 - C7 disk based on x - rays and then around the C5 - C6 disk space .