<div>SD = Standard Deviation. CI = Confidence Interval.</div><div><b>FIGURE LEGENDS</b></div><div>Fig. 1: Surgical steps. A: surgical positioning with a cushion under the
shoulders and a head ring to support the head. B: marking the area of
the thyroid cartilage to be resectioned, 3 mm away from the midpoint of
the cartilage height. C: cartilage appearance after resectioning the
prominence. D: smoothing and flattening of the edges of the remaining
thyroid cartilage. E: resected portion of the thyroid cartilage, in a
“V” shape. F: immediate postoperative aspect of the surgical wound, in
profile.</div><div>Fig. 2: VAS = Visual AnalogueScale. Distribution of VAS grades for
aesthetic satisfaction, before (mean = 0.7 ± 1.0)and after surgery(mean
= 9.3 ± 1.1). Mean variation = 8.6 ± 1.9 (P &lt; 0.001; CI 95%
7.3-9.6).</div><div>Fig. 3: F0 = fundamental frequency. Hz = Hertz. Mean F0(Hz) -
Preoperative = 171.3 ± 41.2 Hz, and Postoperative = 177.1 ± 39.5 Hz.
Each line represents 1 patient. Mean variation = 5.8 Hz ±10.5 Hz (P =
0.74; CI 95% = ﻿-30.1 to 41.7).</div>