These were her first public singing performances in a dozen years, due to her failed vocal cord surgery.

Adele, who is recovering from vocal cord surgery, was not on hand to accept her awards.

Thinking about Rhyme's operation put her in mind of a recent conversation with another doctor, one who had nothing to do with his spinal cord surgery.

Before all promotions, Nina is going to vocal cord surgery.

However, Scorpions stuck together, and, after therapy and two vocal cord surgeries, Meine's voice recovered.

Baek underwent vocal cord surgery to remove a cyst some time in February 2008.

It was the first song he performed publicly after having undergone vocal cord surgery at the beginning of that same year.

And to add extra tumult, the director, Denise Greene, underwent vocal cord surgery four days before opening night.

Colette's vocal cord surgery was performed on March 9, 2007 in Los Angeles, California.

In 1986 she underwent spinal cord surgery which left her paralyzed from the waist down.