14 DAY TRIAL // After a year of ups and downs and lots of canceled concerts, Adele can finally look forward to the future. The British singer has had micro-surgery on her vocal chords in Boston and is expected to make a full recovery.
For about a year, Adele has been struggling with voice issues, which eventually forced her to cancel all the remaining dates from her tour to go under the knife.
She had the procedure done the other day and, as the doctor who operated on her says in a statement cited by AceShowbiz, she is expected to make a full recovery.
“Adele underwent vocal cord microsurgery by Dr. Steven Zeitels to stop recurrent vocal cord hemorrhage (bleeding) from a benign polyp,” says the statement from the Massachusetts General Hospital.
“This condition is typically the result of unstable blood vessels in the vocal cord that can rupture,” it further says.
Adele first started having troubles in January but was convinced she could continue performing, which eventually made her condition worse.
She was advised by her doctors to come to Boston to see Dr. Zeitels, who is the same specialist who operated on Steven Tyler, Aerosmith frontman and American Idol judge.
“Based on the advice of her doctor and voice therapist in the United Kingdom, Adele came to Boston to consult and undergo corrective voice surgery with Dr. Zeitels, the Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Voice Center,” the statement further says.
The singer is expected to “make a full recovery from her laser microsurgery,” but, for the time being, her management can't say when she'll also be back in the spotlight, performing for the fans.
At the end of October, Adele canceled all remaining dates for the US for the rest of the year and had her management announce that she would have to go under the knife (or under the laser, in her case) to fix the issue that could have cost her her voice.