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Innovations in Phonosurgery (Voice Surgery): Treating Vocal Cord Paralysis


At the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), surgeon Steven Zeitels, who has previously operated on Julie Andrews and Steven Tyler, performs voice surgery (phonosurgery) on a patient suffering from vocal cord paralysis. The voice rehabilitation program at MGH has pioneered adduction arytenopexy, medialization laryngoplasty and crico-thyroid subluxation techniques to treat patients suffering from functional voice disorders and laryngeal trauma.

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