Tracheal Shave
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A Tracheal Shave, also known as a Chondrolaryngoplasty, is a fairly straight-forward surgical procedure in which the thyroid cartilage is made smoother/smaller by shaving the cartilage through a small incision in the throat.
Surgery
An anaesthetic is first administered to the patient, either local or general, and then a small, horizontal incision is made on the neck below the Adam's apple. The muscles of the throat are then retracted using forceps, and the tracheal cartilage is shaved down using a scalpel, reducing the size of the Adam's Apple. The incision is then sutured closed. Minimal scarring occurs in most cases due to the fact that most surgeons make the incision in one of the minuscule folds of skin on the neck.
Surgery
Firstly, a aneasthetic is administered. Then a small incision is made below the trachea, the muscles and skin are retracted and a scalpel is used to shave the trachea down in order to reduce it's prominence. After the required amount of reduction is acheived, the incision is then closed. This procedure usually causes minimal scarring as the incision site is usually in one of the small folds in the neck.
