You may have never heard of vocal cord cysts were it not for celebrities like Rachael Ray and Julie Andrews. Rachael Ray was recently diagnosed with a cyst on one of her vocal cords. She has opted to treat the cyst through speech therapy. She is literally re-learning how to talk, to use her voice properly.
Julie Andrews was not so lucky. After undergoing surgery to remove a vocal fold cyst the singer and actress never regained her singing voice. Now a new surgical procedure called marsupialization has emerged for the treatment of vocal fold retention cysts. The new procedure is less risky and studies show that voice improvement occurred in most of the patients who have already undergone this surgery. Unfortunately it's too late for Julie Andrews, who has made a comeback as an actress despite the loss of her singing voice, but it breeds new hope for many others.
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