The trachea is a tube-like structure in the neck and upper chest. It stretches from the larynx, or voice box, to the bronchi and transports air to and from the lungs when a person breathes. When a ...

The first successful direct transplant of a trachea is a medical milestone that could help thousands of people with airways damaged by ventilators and other causes. Sonia Sein, outside her Bronx home, ...

Surgeons in New York City have performed the first windpipe transplant in the US, giving a woman who suffered severe asthma a new trachea, the tube that transports air from the mouth to the lungs.

After years of struggling to breathe and fearing she might suffocate in her sleep, Sonia Sein says she feels well enough to dance around with her grandchildren after undergoing the first-ever human ...

The trachea is also known as the windpipe. Tracheal deviation, or tracheal displacement, is when the trachea shifts from its usual position in the neck and chest to one side. It is a symptom rather ...

Reconstruction of long-segment tracheal defects requires a vascularized allograft. We report successful tracheal allotransplantation after indirect revascularization of the graft in a heterotopic ...

Engineers and doctors 3D printed this custom-made splint that currently holds open the airway of a six-week-old infant and will be gradually absorbed into the body over time. Image via University of ...

Management of tracheal stenosis in a child is complex, and patients with severe tracheal stenosis often require tracheal replacement. There is no ideal method to reproduce the biomechanical properties ...

No, said airline security, you can't take this bottle onboard. It exceeds the 100 milliliter limit; it's forbidden. We have just 16 hours to get it into her body. But wait, said professor Martin ...

Tracheal collapse in your dog is a serious disease of their trachea, windpipe, and lower airways. It worsens over time and can’t be reversed. It can be fatal if not treated. But with early diagnosis ...