|
Voice Surgery >> voice surgery dot com
|
|
Cosmetic Laser Surgery Clinic
|
Dr. Somyos Kunachak has been a Professor teaching in medical school for more
than 20 years. He has been a licensed medical practitioner for more than 22 years. He has been
practicing Laser Surgery for more than 15 years.
Thyro-vocal cord reduction A new phonosurgical technique to alter voice of male to female transsexualAnnals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology 2000; 109:1082-1086
Somyos Kunachak Professor M.D. Department of Otolaryngology Ramathibodi Hospital Mahidol University School of Medicine
Correspondent/Reprint requests SOMYOS KUNACHAK PROFESSOR M.D. Department of Otolaryngology Ramathibodi Hospital Faculty of Medicine Mahidol University Rama VI Road, Rajtevee Bangkok 10440 Tel-Fax : 662-2538901
ABSTRACT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ABSTRACT
|
|
To date there is a paucity of literature on surgery to alter vocal pitch in male transsexuals. The currently available pitch-rasing surgical technique does not yield .a long term result and the resultant pitch is not high enough to simulate the female voice. |
|
|
|
Patients and methods
|
|
Since publication, the technique became a standard procedure in our service, and the results are consistent. Most patients comment that they particularly satisfy with the loss of their male tone and they don’t have anymore put a strain to get the preoperative imitating pitch |
|
|
|
Surgical technique
|
|
Under general anesthesia, each patient was placed in Rose position. A 4-6 cm long transverse cervical incision was made at the point half way between the superior thyriod notch and the inferior border of the thyroid cartilage. Superior and inferior skin flaps were then developed, the strap muscles were separated at midline, and the thyroid cartilage was exposed. Without elevation of the perichondrium, parallel vertical cuts were made on the sides of the thyroid alar at a point 4 mm away from midline, |
|
|
<< Previous 1 2 Next >> |
|
|
