Editorial policy
We are a coordination business. We get paid when people travel for surgery. That is a conflict of interest, and the only useful response to a conflict of interest is to publish the rules you hold yourself to and let people check whether you followed them.
Who writes and who reviews
Two separate groups, and we never blur them.
- The clinical content team researches and drafts every page. They are writers and researchers, not clinicians, and they are never described as clinicians anywhere on this site.
- Medical reviewers are practising ENT laryngologists who read each clinical page before publication and check it against current practice. Every reviewer is named on our authors page with their full name, qualification and registration number, so you can verify them with the Turkish Medical Association independently of us.
A page that has not been reviewed does not carry a reviewer line. If you find a clinical page without one, that is a mistake and we would like to know.
How we source claims
- Peer-reviewed literature and systematic reviews first, named in the reference list at the foot of each clinical page.
- Consensus guidance second — principally the WPATH Standards of Care and relevant laryngology society statements.
- Our partner surgeons' own case experience third, and labelled as such rather than presented as evidence.
Where the evidence is thin — and in voice surgery it often is, because the series are small — we say so on the page instead of rounding a range up into a promise.
Rules we hold ourselves to
Outcomes in semitones, with ranges, never as a single number
Pitch change is reported the way the literature reports it. We do not publish "raise your voice by 60 Hz" style claims, because a hertz figure without a starting pitch is meaningless.
No before-and-after voice clips or photographs as proof
Not because we have none, but because a curated best case is not evidence about your case. Where a patient consents in writing to a specific recording being published, we may publish it, labelled and dated, and never as an implied prediction.
Every page states who should not have the procedure
Exclusion criteria are not fine print. They appear at similar prominence to the benefits, because for a meaningful share of readers the exclusions are the useful part.
Prices are ranges, dated, and separated from travel
Surgeon fee and travel cost are always two numbers. Bundled "all inclusive" figures make it impossible to judge what you are paying for surgical skill.
No AI-generated clinical claims without human medical review
We use software in research and drafting. No clinical statement reaches this site without a named laryngologist having read it.
We disclose how we are paid
Partner practices pay us a coordination fee. We do not receive a bonus for a more expensive procedure being chosen, and coordinators are not commissioned per booking. If that changes, this paragraph changes with it.
Review cycle
Every clinical page carries a last reviewed and next review date. Clinical pages are reviewed at least every six months, and immediately when a relevant guideline changes or a partner surgeon flags a shift in practice. We update the date only when the page has actually been re-read — refreshing a date to look current is a form of lying to readers.
Corrections
If something here is wrong, tell us at corrections@voicesurgeryturkey.com. Substantive clinical corrections are made within five working days and noted at the foot of the page with the date and what changed. We do not silently edit clinical claims.
What we are not
We are not a hospital, not a clinic, and not your doctor. We do not diagnose, we do not prescribe, and we do not decide whether you should have surgery. Read the Terms for the legal version of that sentence.
Ask about your voice
Tell us where your voice sits and what you want it to do. A bilingual coordinator replies and asks for a short voice sample, then an independent partner laryngologist gives an honest opinion — including “therapy first” where that is the right answer.
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