Different types of vocal cord surgery include microlaryngoscopy, medialization laryngoplasty, and reduction laryngoplasty. The type of surgery a person has may depend on the reason for the procedure.

A thyroplasty is a surgical procedure to help or change a person’s voice. Different types of thyroplasty are available as treatments for several voice conditions or as part of gender affirming surgery ...

A Massachusetts man has his voice back after undergoing just the third successful total larynx transplant in the U.S. The Mayo Clinic replaced Marty Kedian's larynx, or voice box, to remove a rare ...

When Perry Farrell went in for spinal surgery in September, he didn’t realize that it would involve the removal of a very important organ. Farrell was undergoing surgery to remove “crushed discs” in ...

A laryngectomy is a major surgery that is done to remove your voice box, or larynx. Your larynx is the part of your throat that contains your voice box. It’s located at the upper end of your windpipe ...

MEMPHIS, Tennessee (KTRK) -- A team of doctors have successfully performed the world's first voice box reconstruction surgery. 2-year-old Cooper Kilburn has congenital high airway obstruction syndrome ...

WASHINGTON — A Massachusetts man has regained his voice after surgeons removed his cancerous larynx and, in a pioneering move, replaced it with a donated one. Transplants of the so-called voice box ...

Two years into his life, Cooper Kilburn is learning how to breathe and vocalize. These vital actions only became possible after Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in February gave Cooper an airway and a ...

A change in Medicare reimbursement for a prosthetic device that allows people who have had their voice box removed to speak has led some providers to stop offering the device or reducing the number of ...