Before Adams apple reductiona CT scan needs to be made. Like this we can see how much cartilage can be removed without risking to cause damage to the vocal cords. This investigation can not be performed in your home country. We will make you an appointment at the AZ St Lucas hospital. The cost of this investigation is included in the price of your Adams apple reduction.

Practical

1Download and print this form

Important for the hospital administration is that you download this form and take it with you to the hospital. Otherwise they will send the bill (200 euros!) to you instead as to us…Please fill in your own name on the form (on the space foreseen with:……….).

2Get to the hospital

Plan to arrive one hour before your appointment time, as you need to calculate some time to get registered. Pay attention to find the correct entrance (at the street ‘Groenebriel’, number 1). Because there are construction works, it is not always clear where is the entrance. It is at the end of the street in the corner (cfr picture).

3Registration

Before going to the radiology department you need to register at the red reception. At the income turn right and follow the signs to ‘street 30′, where is the reception. At the reception you have to take a ticket from the machine. Please show them the form you downloaded!

4Radiology department

The hospital is organized in ‘streets’. You should follow the signs to the correct street you need. The radiology department is at street 21. At this department is again a reception where you need to present yourself.

What is a CT scan?

Computed tomography (CT), also known as Computed Axial Tomography (CAT), is a painless, sophisticated x-ray procedure. Multiple images are taken during a CT or CAT scan, and a computer compiles them into complete, cross-sectional pictures (“slices”) of soft tissue, bone, and blood vessels.

The procedure

The technologist begins by positioning you on the CT examination table, lying flat on your back. Straps are used to help you maintain the correct position and to hold still during the exam.

Next, the table will move quickly through the scanner to determine the correct starting position for the scans. Then, the table will move slowly through the machine as the actual CT scanning is performed.

Any motion, whether breathing or body movements, can lead to artifacts on the images. This is similar to the blurring seen on a photograph taken of a moving object.

When the examination is completed, you will be asked to wait until the technologist verifies that the images are of high enough quality for accurate interpretation.

CT scanning is usually completed within 25 minutes.