Sound Technique vs Surgery

I just stumbled onto this fascinating article prompted by Adele's recent cancellation of concerts following her voice breakdown relapse.

This subject piqued my curiosity because I had a few informal lessons with a first-class voice teacher about 10 years ago.

His approach was leading to a natural and effortless technique and while not being a singer I felt a dramatic positive impact in a very short time.

Here are the main points of the article

Adele had a vocal cord micro surgery in 2011
All credit was given to the surgeon and the procedure.
Hundreds and hundreds of famous and non-famous singers have broken their voices and turned to such vocal cord surgery.
While this affliction used to be common to older singers with decades-old careers, it now occurs frequently with singers in their teens or twenties.
The whole artistic world is embracing the path of surgery.
Brilla & Paglin, two voice teachers who dedicated their life to safe and enduring singing technique stated in 2011 that the surgery was a fix and unless the technical approach be changed, trouble would most likely come again.
They have studied for decades, taking as starting point opera singers and other strong voices who still had outstanding voices in their seventies and eighties.
They believe they hold the key to proper teaching of young singers and helping more experienced singers who have damaged their vocal cords.
Their approach goes against modern conventional wisdom and is not embraced by the singing teaching community at large.

It's a long read but it's worth it.