Voice surgery or vocal cord surgery (also called vocal fold surgery) refers to surgeries performed to treat diseases of the vocal cords, whether benign or malignant, or to change the quality of the voice. It is a delicate surgery that requires special instruments because it is performed under a microscope (phonomicrosurgery).
Which disorders are most commonly treated with voice surgery?
Some of the surgically treated diseases of the vocal cords are as follows:
- Vocal Cord Nodules
- Vocal Cord Polyp
- Vocal Cord Cyst
- Vocal Cord Granuloma
- Wrinkles in the vocal cord (Vocal Sulcus)
- Vocal Cord Paralysis (Unilateral)
- Vocal Cord Paralysis (Bilateral)
- Vocal Cord Cancer
- Voice Thinning
- Voice Thickening
- Old Voice (Presbylarynx)
- Reinke's Edema
