ABOUT Yeson Voice Center
Established in 2003,
Yeson Voice Center is Korea's first and largest institution that
offers specialized voice care and surgery. The center is best equipped with the
most up-to-date management and advanced diagnostic technologies to treat
patients and promote voice recovery. They have the Pulsed Dye Laser (PDL) laryngeal surgery
system, which treats patients with benign laryngeal disease under local
anesthesia and also an office-based surgery. Another is the Ultrahigh Speed Laryngeal Imaging System, which detects the vocal fold's dynamic movement in
direct vision. More than 3,000 patients with voice problems including
international patients receive medical services at Yeson Voice Center each year
and patients receiving surgical treatment for voice disorders has been
increasing each year to over a thousand at present.
The specialized treatment and surgeries with the most advanced technology for vocal fold paralysis, spasmodic dysphonia, and
benign laryngeal diseases are all dealt in Yeson Voice Center. It is in this
center where the first Percutaneous EMG-Guided Injection Laryngoplasty in the
world and the first Pulsed-Dye Laser Surgery in Asia are performed.
The Voice
Center offers a comprehensive range of diagnostic and therapeutic services for
voice problems, ranging from Laryngeal Botox Injections to Voice Feminization Surgery. The most frequent vocal surgeries include Injection Laryngoplasty and Phonomicrosurgery. Since 2003, more than 900 patients received Pulsed Dye Laser Surgery, more than 1000 received Microlaryngeal Surgery and Percutaneous Injection Laryngoplasty and nearly more than 150 patients received
male-to-female Voice Feminization Surgery. In 2007, 856 patients with spasmodic
dysphonia have joined the Botox Injection Membership. Patients from outside
Korea can receive medical service through the International Patient Center that
provides services in English, Japanese, Chinese, and Russian.
The Voice
Examination Center performs 30 kinds of examinations for people with voice
problems or voice professionals including singers, actors, news anchors, and
teachers. Equipped with 3 computerized speech lab (CSL), 2 aerodynamic
examination equipments, 3 digital video stroboscopy systems, 6 digital 3-chip
nasopharyngolaryngoscopes, a high-speed video system (HVS), a nasometer, and a
PAAS system.
Procedures performed in Yeson Voice Center:
Laryngeal Botox Injection
Phonomicrosurgery
Percutaneous Injection Laryngoplasty
Pulsed Dye Laser Laryngeal Surgery
Voice Feminization Surgery/Phonoplasty: Vocal Fold Shortening and Advancement of Anterior Commissure
Rehabilitation Program for Performing Art Medicine
Voice Management Programs
Voice Innovation Programs
State-of-the-art Treatments at
Yeson
Multi-laryngeal muscle Botox
injection
The center succeeded in extending the term of normal voice a
great deal by practicing multi-laryngeal muscle Botox injection, which was
recently developed by the National Institute of Health/NINDS Voice Development
Center to treat spasmodic dysphonia. Furthermore, by raising the possibility of
cure through cranial nerve feedback study, the center gives hope to patients
with spasmodic dysphonia, which has been thought to be
incurable.
Microminiflap phonomicrosurgery
The center adopted a
sophisticated surgical method called Micro Miniflap Phonomicrosurgery to treat
vocal disorders such as vocal nodule, vocal polyp, reinke's edema, and vocal
cyst that could cause voice abnormality. The center is changing the
misconception that surgery could alter and damage original voice by helping
patients recover their original clean and clear voice.
The center
is practicing phonoplasty with recently increasing number of transgender
patients, perfecting their transformation efforts. The practice is also helping
females with aplastic anemia who suffer from
voice change as a complication of hormone treatment.
Laryngoscopic Pulsed Dye Laser Laryngeal Surgery
Yeson voice center implemented
PhotoGenica SV PDL (Pulsed Dye Laser) from Cynosure Inc. U.S. It is the first at
domestic but also in all of Asia. This equipment can make Laryngeal Surgery without
general anesthesia by using digital larynx endoscope. This laser equipment is
totally new high tech laser surgery equipment, which requires only local anesthesia.
Voice Rehabilitation Program
This is a systematic and scientific voice restoration program which provides care and treatment for people who depend on the voice to earn for living and those who have voice difficulties due to voice abuse and misuse. This consists of three parts: Voice rehabilitation program, voice treatment program and voice improvement program.
Voice rehabilitation program performs training and rehabilitation of the voice by evaluating the voice status and the functional status of the larynx using advanced diagnostic equipments for voice disorders such as tension control disorder and tension fatigue syndrome caused by voice abuse or misuse.
It is a program aimed to recover the vocal folds from diseases of the laryngeal muscles or mucoues membrane which cause dysphonia, and from inappropriate phonation patterns. The program also treats sudden voice problems caused by excessive voice use.
This program is applied differently to each individual and this would include Complete Voice Restoration Program, whish is an 8 week voice program to improve the damaged voice and normalize the phonation patterns. Another is the Lessac Madsen Resonance Therapy that improves the voice through resonance techniques and muscle training of the oropharynx.
Services provided for Internation Patients:
Website in English,
Japanese, and Chinese
Arrangements for shopping, dining, and sightseeing
Airport pickup and local transportation
Assistance before, during, and after hospitalization
Arrangements for direct admission
Language translation
Scheduling of appointments
Achievements and Awards:
1996: Performed world's first percutaneous
EMG-guided injection laryngoplasty
2005: Performed Asia's first pulsed dye
laser laryngeal surgery
2005: Established world's first voice evaluation
center
2005: Award for 'Best Voice Clinic' by the Chosun Ilbo
2006: Award
for 'Best Research' at the 5th Congress of the Korean Association of
Otorhinolaryngology
2007: Developed the new method of Voice Feminization Surgery: Vocal Fold Shortening and Anterior Commissure Advancement; Published the book : Voice Odyssey
2008: Opened education course for Academy of
Voice Medicine
2009: Presented new surgical technique: Double Rotational
Microflap Laryngoplasty, Office based Phonosurgery in Shanghai Symposium in
China; Awarded as the outstanding hospital by Minister of Health, Welfare
and Family Affairs
2010: Voice Feminization Surgery selected as outstanding
Korea's Medical Technique; Multidimentional High Speed Video System is
first adopted in Asia
2011: Opening of Yeson Artceum
2012: First Yeson
Performing Arts Vocalization Symposium
www.yesonvc.net
