After surgery to remove the vocal cord. Indications for surgery

The operation to change the voice is not just a fairy tale, whim or exotic. For socially active people and representatives of public professions (politicians, actors, singers, etc.), such an operation is often a vital necessity.

Of course, ordinary classes and exercises can help to correct your own timbre, but cardinal changes can be made only with the help of an operation. Initial surgical intervention in the area vocal cords was seen as an opportunity to return the vote to those who, for one reason or another, lost it. However, aged patients soon became interested in this procedure, wishing to acquire a younger voice, and then other categories of people.
"Reforging" the voice became a reality after the advent of ultra-precise phonosurgical technologies. Previously, the larynx was considered a hard-to-reach area for operations due to its remoteness from the mouth opening. However, now advanced microscopes, endoscopic and laryngoscope instruments have solved this problem.

Larynx examination

Indications

• The desire to change the pitch of the voice in order to acquire more attractive voice data.
• Hoarse voice.
• Paralysis of the vocal cords.
• Polyps and singing injuries on the vocal cords.
• Ligament damage that reduces the aesthetic appeal of the timbre.
• The desire to correct the voice in order to be able to hit more notes.
• Treatment of excessive voice stress.

The course of the procedure

Before the operation, the patient is prescribed a diagnosis, during which it is necessary to identify the degree of risk. Diagnostics is carried out in several stages:

• inspection of the larynx through a mirror or forehead reflector;
• using local anesthesia, the ligaments are examined through a flexible optical fiber that is inserted through the nose;
• after that, the patient is given a stroboscopy - a procedure aimed at identifying violations of the vocal cords, or other formations;
• the picture of the voice before and after the operation helps to track the acoustic test.

The mechanism of the operation itself is determined very individually and depends on specific situation. The most popular types of operations on the vocal cords are the transformation of a tenor into a baritone and vice versa - a baritone into an alto or soprano.

Tenor to baritone transformation operation

Decreasing the timbre of the voice, according to phonia surgeons, is the simplest operation. To do this, doctors use elongated surgical instruments or a CO2 laser. The surgeon penetrates the ligaments, then makes a small incision in right place. Experts say that after this simple manipulation, the voice becomes much lower, closer to the bass. It is this timbre that is held in high esteem by professional vocalists.

Initially surgical operations on the vocal cords was performed to restore speech ability in patients who lost their voice due to any pathology or injury. But recently, similar operations have been carried out in cosmetic purposes- to rid the patient of age-related trembling of the voice, to add brutal bass to a man or eliminate "low tones" in a woman. Often the voice timbre is corrected using special exercises However, rapid significant changes are guaranteed only by surgical intervention.

Indications for surgery

Sounds are formed when air moves through the closed vocal cords located in the larynx. The functioning of the ligaments is coordinated by the neuromuscular structures of the larynx, which are responsible not only for speech and voice, but also for respiratory activity. Damage recurrent nerve this department respiratory system(injury, infection, inflammation, intoxication) disrupts the mobility of the ligaments, causing their paralysis, loss of voice (partial or complete), difficulty swallowing and breathing.

Voice formation (phonation) is often disturbed by scars formed in the larynx as a result of operations, burns (chemical or thermal), prolonged intubation during general anesthesia. In this case, chronic narrowing of the larynx (stenosis) progresses, disrupting the mobility of its cartilage. Connectivity suffers vocal folds, affecting the nature of their vibration.

Indications for phonoplasty can be the presence of singing nodules, polyps, cysts, granulomas, neoplasms, paralysis of the ligaments or their damage, which reduce the aesthetic appeal of the voice timbre. In addition, surgical intervention is carried out at the request of the patient - to expand the vocal range or to acquire a more attractive, in his opinion, voice. Before the operation, doctors, examining the patient, determine the degree of his individual risk, report on possible consequences.

Voice Correction Methods

Achievement tangible effect when performing operations on the vocal cords, it became possible only with the use of modern methods. Previously, surgical manipulations on the larynx and vocal cords were considered difficult by doctors due to access difficulties. The use of endoscopic instruments, laryngoscopes, operating microscopes greatly facilitated access to operating field.

Before the operation, the patient undergoes diagnostics: examination of the larynx using a frontal reflector or mirror, fibroendoscopy (assessment of the size, color and nature of tissue changes), stroboscopy (establishment functional disorders vocal cords), acoustic testing (digital recording of the voice is compared with the norm).

The choice of methodology surgical intervention individual. After injuries, postoperative consequences, atrophy or paralysis, the vocal cords are restored using laryngoplasty. In pathologies, voices are used classic ways. If the indicators of deformation of the vocal cords or their mobility approached critical levels, injection laryngoplasty is used. Changing the timbre of the voice without medical indications have their own specifics.

Lowering the pitch of the voice

To lower the tonality of the voice in foreign clinics, Botox is injected into the area of ​​the vocal cords, which contributes to the production of high sounds. The tone of the sound depends on the mass of the cords - after its introduction, the timbre of the voice becomes lower. Botox must be administered more than once - a long-term effect in practice cannot be achieved. In addition, some patients are allergic to the drug.

Domestic surgeons have proposed their own methods for lowering the timbre of the voice. They carry out microsurgical manipulations for correction with the help of biopolymers, which have disinfecting properties and are not capable of causing allergic reactions. Auto fat, Teflon, collagen are injected into the vocal cords. These materials are insoluble, able to penetrate into muscle tissue through the opening of the needle.

The injections are given under local anesthesia. Such manipulations require precision and great care from the specialist, since an overdose of the biopolymer can provoke stenosis. respiratory tract. Sometimes, to lower the tone of the voice, before the introduction of biopolymers, a fragment of cartilage is resected, separating it from the larynx. After such manipulations, the ligaments shorten and become more flat shape which lowers the voice. In addition, surgeons have mastered the technique of connecting ligaments to the thyroid cartilage.

Raising the pitch of the voice

Raising the tone of voice has made tangible progress in recent decades. Until the mid-1990s, this surgically fixed cartilage - cricoid and thyroid. The operation did not directly affect the vocal cords, but a throat incision was made, and the effect of the surgical intervention was not always long-term.

The resection of the thyroid arytenoid muscle, performed using a laser, reduces muscle mass ligaments. With their fusion, the tension increases, the frequency of the sounds produced increases. laser removal a fragment of the mucous membrane of the ligaments increases the tone due to an increase in their tension and mobility of the membrane itself. These species endoscopic interventions do not allow to achieve a significant increase in the tone of the voice.

To shorten the vibrating component of the ligaments, their front parts are closed, which increases the frequency of the sounds produced. However, such endoscopic surgery is not applicable in all cases.

Introduced in 2000, the method of resection of the thyroid cartilage with reduction of the vocal cords is still widely used today. Specialists remove the anterior fragment of cartilage and part of the ligaments. Such microsurgical voice correction is effective if thyroid cartilage the patient is quite large, and he is distinguished by a pronounced low voice (a picture characteristic of a sex change). But the intervention is very aggressive - if the removed fragment of the ligaments exceeds allowable rate, the patient may lose his voice.

A new endoscopic technique of surgical interventions to increase the tonality of the voice - lengthening the anterior commissure and reducing the ligaments, which after the operation change their appearance. This is one of the most efficient and safe techniques on the feminization of the voice. In addition to it, special titanium plates are used to increase the frequency of the sound of the voice - to stretch the vocal cords, they are placed between the muscles of the throat.

Important! Despite the success in the development of new methods of voice correction, there is still a certain risk in carrying out such operations.

rehabilitation period

The sound of the voice after surgery depends on the patient himself - on the efforts made by him to adapt the vocal cords. At first, voice rest and adherence to the regime are recommended. In the future, to restore adequate phonation breathing and voice control after voice change surgery, it is necessary to perform specially selected exercises.

Breathing exercises

Breathing exercises are performed in a standing position:

1. Place one hand on the stomach, the other in lower section chest. Inhale through the nose, “inflating” the stomach, exhale through the mouth;
2. Inhale briefly through the nose, hold the air. Exhale to carry out as long as possible;
3. Breathe in some air through your mouth. Exhaling, sing one of the vowel sounds. Sing the same sound, lowering the tone;
4. Inhale briefly through the nose. Exhaling, count to five (over time, bring the count to 15). Exhale slowly.

Articulation exercises

Before you start exercising, do articulation gymnastics: stick out the tongue several times with a “scapula” and “tube”, try to reach it to the nose and chin; alternately inflate and retract the cheeks; stretch your lips forward, stretch them in a smile. After warm-up:

1. Closing your mouth, pronounce the sound "m", gradually increasing or decreasing the volume. Similarly, pronounce the sound "r";
2. Exhaling air, alternately pronounce “a”, “o”, “y”, “e”, “and” as long as possible;
3. With your feet shoulder-width apart, inhale and exhale deeply several times. Lean forward sharply and exhale loudly “ha”;
4. Speak tongue twisters as clearly as possible in one breath.

Each block of exercises regularly (preferably daily) should be given at least 15 minutes. For self-motivation, it is recommended to record your voice every two weeks and compare the results of “training” that strengthens the muscles of the larynx.

A pleasant voice evokes the location of others. But not everyone is given this advantage by nature. And over time, formations may appear on the ligaments, even more interfering with the clear sound of the voice. Fortunately, it is possible not only to return it, but also to change it with the help of surgical intervention.

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Reasons for vocal cord surgery

Surgical manipulations on the vocal cords are possible by
several reasons:

• due to scars formed due to trauma or after surgery on the larynx, neighboring organs;
• with polyps, cysts, granulomas, nodes on them;
• if it is necessary to restore conversational capabilities, reduced after tumor removal;
• due to partial or complete paralysis of the ligaments;
• due to age-related changes voice modulations;
• with its rough sound for a woman;
• when too high voice in men.

In most cases, the need for surgery is purely medical. The patient needs to restore his voice, as it sounds too quiet, indistinct, becomes hoarse. And after a long conversation, fatigue is felt, which also affects its quality. This makes it difficult to communicate, may interfere with the performance of professional duties.

But the operation can also be done if you simply don’t like your own voice. The rejection of its sound does not harm health, but causes psychological discomfort, from which close to somatic diseases.

Diagnosis of the condition of the ligaments

• Laryngoscopy. This is a visual examination of the larynx using a special mirror and laryngeal endoscopes. The doctor will pay attention to the shape of the ligaments, the color of the surface, the features of the neoplasm, if any.
• stroboscopy. With its help, movements of ligaments, static areas, unwanted changes in vibrations are detected. This is done thanks to the light pulses directed at them.

stroboscopy

Sometimes for more accurate diagnosis prescribe CT, do a biopsy of the neoplasm.

Methods for performing operations on the vocal cords

The nature of the intervention depends on the problem at hand. It can be done with a laser or surgical instruments. Be sure to use an endoscope, laryngoscope, microscope. Usually, interventions are done under general anesthesia due to the difficulty of accessing the ligaments. It is carried out through natural ways, no cuts.

To change your voice

It is possible to make the timbre higher or lower by transforming the ligaments. The doctor with the help of instruments penetrates through the larynx to the operating field. If it is necessary to lower the timbre of the voice, notches are made at certain points of the ligaments. They lengthen, in a different way they begin to oscillate during a conversation. Accordingly, the voice becomes lower.

Before and after vocal cord lengthening surgery

It is more difficult to convert the original timbre to a higher one. To do this, you need to shorten the ligaments. The procedure for changing them takes longer, it is important not to overdo it so that the voice does not become too thin.

Before and after laser plastics vocal cords. blue stars 2 stitches are shown, they will dissolve in 2-3 months.
Before and after (after 6 months) shortening of the vocal cords. The yellow arrow shows the place where the stitches were placed (they dissolved).

To improve your voice

The intervention is carried out under the control of a laryngoscope. Using a long needle, the ligaments are filled with the patient's own adipose tissue taken from other sites. Sometimes collagen preparations, calcium hydroxyapatite are taken as a transplant. The ligaments are restored in volume, their elasticity improves, which leads to the normalization of the sound of the voice. But the effect will be present until the graft is resorbed.

Introduction of calcium hydroxyapatite into ligaments

A different type of operation is done with neoplasms on the ligaments. The resulting growths are removed using microsurgery, sometimes laser or radio wave radiation. If there is a need to get rid of part of the ligament tissue, the replacement is carried out with implants.

• Pronounce alternately the sounds “and”, “e”, “a”, “o”, “u”, stretching them as far as possible. Exercise is done in front of a mirror, repeated 3 times.
• With closed lips, pronounce the sound "m" for a long time. The first time they do it quietly, then louder, and in the final they even increase the sound.
• Touch the sky with the tip of your tongue and growl, then exhale to make it stronger. The second part of the exercise should be a clear pronunciation of words that contain the letter "P" (role, fish, fence, etc.).
• Standing straight, inhale and as you exhale, stretch out the sound “and”, knocking on your chest. Then do the same, pronouncing "e", "a", "o", "y".
• Breathe rhythmically from the same position. Then do deep breath exhale sharply with the sound "ha".

Sometimes you can restore the voice, give it sonority or slightly change the timbre conservative methods. But if they do not help, you should turn to surgery. A timely operation will not only return the voice, but also help to avoid more serious troubles with the ligaments.

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Ligament injuries knee joint often referred to as a sports injury. This is understandable, since the strong elastic tissues that form the ligamentous apparatus that provides articular functionality are damaged only when excessive loads or when contact hard impacts (shocks, falls). An experienced traumatologist can determine with great certainty the nature of an injury in a jumper, skier, tennis player, sprinter, basketball player, gymnast, based on accumulated experience and knowledge of the specifics of sports loads.

Causes of rupture of ligaments

With atypical loads, partial injury (torn ligaments) or complete violation integrity of the articular-ligamentous complex (ligament rupture). Impressed by the successes of athletes who develop tremendous speed on the ski slopes, setting records in high and long jumps, we cannot even imagine what overloads the musculoskeletal system how synchronously and clearly muscles, tendons, ligaments work.

Only in one knee joint, in order to ensure flexion-extension, mobility, rotation and fixation in one position, four groups of ligaments take part:

• Front cruciform;
• Internal side;
• Rear cruciform;
• Medial collateral.

Each link is vulnerable to certain types external influences, after which a conservative or surgery. According to statistics official medicine, the most common is the operation on the anterior cruciate ligament, which is subject to serious trauma. Anterior ligament tears and ruptures are 20 times more common than posterior ligament complex injuries, with women being injured, on average, 6 times more often than men.

ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) injury

tear or complete break front cruciate ligament knee is associated with several types of atypical impact. The anterior ligament keeps the lower leg from excessive displacement forward and backward, allowing a certain excess physiological norm amplitude of movements due to the elasticity of the tissues forming it.

The causes of torn knee ligaments of the anterior group are:

1. Sharp contact impact (hit on the lower leg or thigh);
2. Subjective impact (sudden braking, landing after a jump);
3. Displacement of the lower leg in outside when turning the hip into the inner plane (injury of a basketball player when jumping with a turn);
4. Displacement of the lower leg inside when turning the thigh outward;
5. A phantom foot, or a skier's injury (ligament rupture during rotation of the lower leg and the joint at a right angle).

The gap in the ACL of skiers and slalomists is also associated with the specifics of sports equipment. During a backward fall, the upper edge of the boot transmits force to the upper shin area tibia. This type of load femur moves back, and the lower leg is held by the edge of the boot, causes a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament.

Posterior cruciate ligament injury

Rupture of the posterior cruciate ligament of the knee joint is much less common. Basically, damage to this section of the articular apparatus leads to direct mechanical impact what happens in car accidents, direct blows to the knee (hockey injury), falls from a mountain, lifting heavy weight(weightlifter injury).

With this injury, the strongest pain syndrome, which patients often compare with the action electric current. The knee quickly swells, the skin in the area of ​​the injury turns red. Forward movement, flexion or extension of the knee becomes impossible. Sometimes swelling extends far beyond the joint, descending to the lower leg and ankle.

Combined injuries

Ruptured cruciate ligament of the knee often combined, when the meniscus, the vascular complex is damaged, soft tissues. If the nature of the damage to the ligaments, an experienced traumatologist will quickly determine by severe symptoms and the circumstances of the injury, then the attached pathological processes determined by X-ray, arthroscopy, CT and MRI. Severe case in medical practice counts multiple trauma when a knee fracture occurs, tendons are sprained and ligaments are torn in several places.

Urgent knee ligament surgery

In surgical practice, there are several methods and philosophical approaches to knee ligament surgery. The specialist chooses the technique based on the nature of the damage, age, condition of the patient, clinical indications.

Urgent ligament repair surgery is performed within 2-5 days after the injury. The patient is brought to the hospital complaining of severe pain in the knee area, loss of motor function.

First aid is carried out according to the standard scheme - removal of blood from the articular cavity, fixation of the limb with a compression bandage. After operational diagnostics the surgeon prescribes an operation to stitch together the torn ligaments (if the examination did not reveal a meniscus rupture, a knee fracture and other injuries that require special preparation for radical surgery).

Of great importance is the promptness of assistance, since torn ligaments quickly shorten, lose elasticity, and their ends dissolve. If the operation is not performed in the next few days after the injury, a more serious intervention will be required in the future - plastic surgery of the knee ligaments.

The operation is prescribed if the doctor considers it inappropriate to carry out conservative treatment. Modern diagnostics makes it possible to estimate with a high degree of certainty the chances of successful treatment when using radical and conservative methods.

Reconstruction of the knee ligaments

Reconstruction, or plastic surgery of the knee joint, is indicated for old injuries, when more than two months have passed since the damage to the articular apparatus. By this time, the ligaments are shortened, partially atrophied, and completely lose their ability to stretch.

To replace the lost fragment, a synthetic material or part of the tendon is used. Artificial substitutes are used in the treatment of people old age, and for young patients, plastic surgery is performed using a graft taken from the patellar ligament tendon or semitendinosus tendon. Own biological material is called an autograft, taken from a donor - an allograft.

Standard scheme for ligament plastic surgery

For anterior cruciate ligament surgery, an anterior-internal approach is used, for posterior (ligament) surgery, a posterior-internal approach is used. If you have to restore several ligaments at the same time, anterior-internal access is practiced. An additional incision is made in the area of ​​the knee joint, and in the area of ​​tissue extraction for the graft (according to outer surface hips).

The patient lies on his back (anesthesia is epidural or general anesthesia) . Holes are drilled on the surfaces of the lower leg and thigh for the graft. A strip 3 cm wide and about 25 cm long is cut out of the fibrous femoral tissue (fascia). The tape is pulled into the created holes and crossed over the site of rupture of the ligament, after which the graft and ligament are sutured with a strong biopolymer material (absorbable fixators).

Wounds are sutured in layers, drainage is established. The final stage is the immobilization of the limb with a plastic splint. There are other techniques for performing ligament plastics - the choice of method is carried out by the surgeon, based on the nature and extent of the injury.

Reconstruction using the patellar ligament is more complex, but provides an excellent result (in terms of knee stability and mobility). The essence of the operation is as follows: the surgeon cuts off part of the ligament along with bone fragments, which is necessary to fix the graft tissue in the joint bone. The fusion of the ligament with the cancellous bone is carried out within three weeks. Fixation of the autograft in the bone canals is carried out using titanium or biopolymer (absorbable) screws.

Ligament repair surgery using an arthroscope

Arthroscopy is a low-traumatic operation in which the surgeon performs manipulations under the control of a special apparatus without exposing the joint. Surgical access - 2 small punctures (no more than 2 cm), through one of which a miniature optical camera is inserted, through the other - instruments. Optics gives an increase of 40-60 times.

In complex combined operations, a partial resection of the meniscus and restoration of the cruciate ligament are performed simultaneously. The most difficult moment is to determine the degree of tension of the graft, which, together with the ligament, should ensure flexion, extension, tension of the joint muscles within the atomic norm. A weak tension will lead to loosening and instability of the joint, a tight fixation entails a restriction of the mobility of the knee.

Video: plastic surgery of the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee joint

Preparing for the operation

The preparation period for the operation is 2 weeks. During this time, doctors draw up a treatment regimen, choose a surgical technique, taking into account the patient's age and lifestyle (most athletes plan to return to their previous loads). The patient is told in detail how the operation will take place, what actions should be taken in the first and subsequent days of hospital stay in order for the recovery to be most effective. The patient undergoes tests diagnostic examination from specialists in the direction of the operating doctor.

Contraindications for knee ligament surgery

Contraindications are the same as for all other types of surgery:

A relative contraindication is the presence degenerative changes in the articular tissue, atrophy of muscles and ligaments.

Complications after surgery

After ACL and posterior cruciate ligament surgery, complications are rare. Surgical treatment is carried out according to a well-established scheme, using high-tech equipment and tools, which determines impressive performance full rehabilitation patients, even those with severe injuries. However, the patient should be aware of the possible consequences. To side effects include the following manifestations:

1. Pain syndrome within two days;
2. swelling of the knee;
3. Fever, temperature (reaction to surgery);
4. Internal hemorrhages;
5. Transplant rupture (very rare);
6. Infectious inflammation of the bone tissue;
7. Numbness of the limb (partial loss of sensation);

To prevent the development of sepsis and the formation of blood clots after surgery, antibiotics and anticoagulants are prescribed in prophylactic doses. By following the doctor's recommendations regarding preparation for surgery and behavior after surgery, the risk of complications is minimized.

Rehabilitation

The rehabilitation program after surgery on the ligaments of the knee joint is developed individually for each patient. Doctors schedule classes and procedures by the hour, requiring the exact implementation of all points. In the first days, rest and cold are shown on the operated area. On the third day, exercises are prescribed for flexion-extension of the joint with the help of an elastic band. On day 4, the leg is bent at the knee at a right angle.

To restore the strength of the quadriceps muscle, electrical stimulation and special simulators are used. Walking is allowed on the fourth day with crutches, and only in an orthosis. Every week the load increases by 25%.

The second phase of rehabilitation begins from the second week after the operation. The patient is allowed to exercise the joint by performing squats and leg abduction to the side in a straight and bent position. With increased swelling and pain in the knee area, the load is again reduced.

The main exercises are carried out on flexion-extension of the knee. In the third and fourth phases of recovery, training is carried out to strengthen all the muscles of the limb, restoration of symmetrical load ( right-left leg). After 4 weeks, it is allowed to walk without an orthosis and crutches if the functionality of the quadriceps muscle is restored.

To medical procedures includes massage, physiotherapy, salt baths, reception vitamin complexes. Massage is carried out in the direction of the lymph (bottom-up) from the foot to the knee. The injured area is not massaged in the first weeks after the operation.

Doctors warn about the inadmissibility of exceeding loads during the passage of postoperative rehabilitation. Firstly, it can lead to rupture of the graft tissue, and secondly, it can upset the balance ligamentous apparatus. Would need reoperation which is not always successful.

A long period of persistence of pain after surgery is a sign of infringement nerve endings, tight knee extension - indicates excessive tension on the graft. The surgeon must be informed unpleasant sensations and discomfort, so that appropriate measures are taken to eliminate them.

It is unacceptable to increase the angle of flexion, if this is not provided for by the rehabilitation program. Recovery after an injury is different for everyone (this also applies to personal feelings and the length of the rehabilitation time). Recovery time does not affect final result, but only indicates the different capabilities of the body.

Video: early rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament injury - part 1

Video: early rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament injury - part 2

Operation cost

Urgent surgery is performed free of charge (if the patient was admitted to the ambulance after an injury). The task of the surgeon is to carry out emergency diagnostics, remove blood from the joint cavity, stitch together the ligaments, or fix the limb (gypsum, plastic). Urgent help aims to eliminate the factors life threatening and human health. In steel cases, the operation is paid.

A planned operation for the reconstruction of ligaments costs from 39 thousand rubles. The price depends on the chosen surgical technique, the scale of the injury, the status of the clinic, the conditions of stay (comfort). Rehabilitation is paid separately. Judging by the feedback from patients, most of whom are athletes, knee ligament surgery allows you to fully restore the functionality of the joint, lead active image life, and even play sports at a professional level.

Video: surgery for damage to the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee joint

1. Access dogs.
2. Dogs that are left alone begin to howl so that the neighbors turn to the police,
3. All dogs whose owners don't want to hear barking.
4. The operation is complicated, but it goes pretty quickly and easily.

Cost of vocal cord removal surgery

Operation cost 6000 rub - 9000 rub depends on the body weight of the dog.

If you constantly swear with your neighbors, anti-barking is for you.

Operations are carried out at the River Station, in Mitino and in the Microcity in the forest.

Surgeons: Mezin A.V. and Konstantinov A.A.

What can I do to stop my dog ​​from barking?

Frequently Asked Questions About Vocal Cord Surgery

1. Is the operation difficult, how does the dog move away from it?

The operation is not complicated, it is done under general anesthesia, the ligaments are removed and the place is cauterized. You do not need to treat wounds.

2. Neighbors complain about us, they go to the district police officer, can you help us?

After surgery to remove the ligaments, the dog does not bark. The precinct will no longer bother.

3. Are there options not to remove bundles?

Three options:

1) Behavior correction (performed with an experienced dog handler)

2) Electric collar

4. I have a question. What does it mean to cut ligaments? And what does it mean to be completely removed? Are these two different operations or just different names and the same meaning? If possible, please tell me more.

There are two options.

1) The bundle is like a hose, if you cut it, the dog cannot bark, the bundle itself will not grow together.

2) Second option complete removal ligaments, this is a traumatic operation. done through a throat incision. (We don't use this method)

5) Is this operation dangerous?

Like any surgical intervention, it carries small risks, but with proper preparation going very smoothly and well.