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cnnBrit singer Adele to undergo throat-related surgery
By Michael Martinez, CNN
updated 4:05 PM EST, Fri October 28, 2011
(CNN) -- British singer Adele is going to have throat-related surgery and is canceling her remaining live appearances for the rest of the year, Columbia Records said Friday.
"She is to undergo surgery to alleviate the current issues with her throat and a full recovery is expected," the record company said in a statement. "As a result, doctors have ordered her to rest her voice and completely recuperate before looking to schedule any work commitments."
Ticket holders will receive a refund from the point of purchase, the record label said.
Earlier this month, the 2011 American Music Awards announced that Adele, 23, lead artists with four nominations -- for favorite pop or rock female artist, favorite pop or rock album (for "21"), favorite adult contemporary artist, and artist of the year.
In July, the soulful singer's "21" was ranked the year's biggest album to date, with over 2.5 million sold since it was released in late February. Also in July, the disc was a consistent best-seller -- it has spent 10 nonconsecutive weeks at Number One and has never ranked lower than Number Three on the albums chart.
I feel so bad for her. She must be terrified right now. Vocal cord surgery is a very risky procedure...one mistake and she may not be able to talk again let alone sing.
I just hope everything goes well. Her voice is too amazing.
contactmusic.comDoctor Confirms Adele's Surgery Was Successful
The doctor who operated on Adele's vocal cords has hailed the surgery a success and assured fans the British star will sing again.
The Chasing Pavements hitmaker has been forced to cancel a number of concerts in both Britain and America this year (11) due to a recurrent throat condition and she went under the knife at a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts on Monday (07NOv11) in a bid to rectify the problem
Dr. Steven Zeitels, who has previously treated Steven Tyler, Julie Andrews and Cher, performed the operation at Massachusetts General Hospital and bosses at the medical facility have now released a statement hailing the surgery a success.
The statement reads, "Adele underwent vocal cord microsurgery by Dr. Steven Zeitels to stop recurrent vocal cord haemorrhage (bleeding) from a benign polyp. This condition is typically the result of unstable blood vessels in the vocal cord that can rupture.
"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... Dr. Zeitels expects Adele to make a full recovery from her laser microsurgery."