Notes: 1. Absolute silence for two weeks.

After vocal cord polyp surgery, vocal cords will leave wounds, swelling, congestion, and even a small amount of blood oozing. Talking can aggravate the damage to the damaged vocal cords, or cause premature healing, or even cause the recurrence of early vocal cord polyps. Therefore, the voice must be completely silenced within two weeks after the operation in order to create good environmental conditions for the healing of the vocal cord surgical wound.

2. Apply antibiotics for one week.

Due to the normal presence of bacteria in the larynx, wounds will be left after vocal cord polyp surgery. The incision for vocal cord polyp surgery is a type II incision and may lead to wound infection. Therefore, after vocal cord polyp surgery, it must be used preventively. Antibiotics for a week. Preventive antibiotics can be cephalosporins or penicillins.

3. Avoid spicy food, quit smoking and drinking.

After vocal cord polyp surgery and before the wound heals (about two weeks), you should avoid spicy food, quit smoking and drinking, so as not to irritate the wound and delay wound healing.

4. Carry out pronunciation training after two weeks.

The main causes of vocal cord polyps are excessive vocalization, improper pronunciation, and irregular pronunciation movements. Therefore, after the vocal cord polyp surgery wound heals (two weeks later), pronunciation training should be gradually carried out to correct pronunciation movements and mouth shape to avoid recurrence.

Will it relapse? : Surgery is the main method to treat vocal cord polyps, but if perioperative management is not good, vocal cord polyps are likely to recur after surgery. The specific reasons are as follows.

First, the surgery was incomplete and there were residues.

Vocal cord polyps are new organisms. Although they are not malignant tumors, they tend to overproliferate and may sometimes be atypia. Therefore, pathologically, vocal cord polyps have the essential characteristic of recurrence. If the surgery is not thorough and the wound is not treated properly during the surgery, it may lead to the recurrence of vocal cord polyps.

The second is premature vocalization after surgery.

Excessive use of voice and excessive repair after vocal cord injury are the basic causes and pathological processes of vocal cord polyps. The surgery itself is also an injury. If you speak too early after surgery, it may lead to delayed healing of the surgical wound and excessive repair, leading to recurrence of vocal cord polyps.

Third, the diet is not well controlled after surgery.

Spicy foods can irritate surgical wounds and cause delayed healing. They can also lead to excessive repair of surgical wounds and the formation of granulomatous polyps.

Fourth is smoking too early after surgery and being irritated by irritating gases.

Poor air, especially tobacco irritation to the laryngeal vocal cords, is an important factor leading to the recurrence of vocal cord polyps after surgery.

Fifth, even if you have timely pronunciation training after the surgery is healed, you are still overusing your voice.

Improper printing is an important cause of vocal cord polyps. After surgery, if you do not change your original pronunciation habits, vocal cord polyps can easily recur.

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