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 are extremely ...

Equine laryngeal surgery addresses functional impairments caused by recurrent laryngeal neuropathy (RLN), a condition resulting from degenerative nerve changes that affect the intrinsic muscles of the ...

PHOENIX, Ariz. — On Feb. 29, Mayo Clinic marked a milestone: its first larynx transplant. It is only the third transplant of its kind in the United States and the first done on a patient with cancer.

Researchers from the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU) and Kaunas University of Technology Faculty of Informatics (KTU IF) have developed a new alternative voice evaluation index that ...

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.

HERE’S NICOLE. HELLO, THE POWER OF A SIMPLE WORD, A RARE FORM OF CANCER STOLE MARTY KEATING’S ABILITY TO SPEAK. I LOST MY VOICE COMPLETELY FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS. AND THEN IT CAME BACK. IT WAS JUST A ...

There are four stages of laryngeal cancer. They are slightly different depending on where in your larynx the cancer starts. Laryngeal cancer happens when abnormal (cancerous) cells start to grow in ...

A team of head and neck surgeons from Mayo Clinic has found that robotic surgery can treat cancer of the larynx, according to research presented April 29 at the Combined Otolaryngological Spring ...

Benign laryngeal tumors are noncancerous growths in the throat. This type of tumor does not usually spread. Treatment usually involves removing the growth. Benign laryngeal tumors affect both males ...