A medical team in New York City says it has performed the first complete surgical transplant of a windpipe. The trachea is basically a tube that transports air to and from the lungs, so you might ...

Adlai Lemus appears to be a happy baby boy. You wouldn't know by looking at the 11-month-old that he has a life-threatening disease. "You can't tell from the outside that there is anything wrong with ...

Sonia Sein's vocal cords were damaged after she was intubated six years ago. When Sonia Sein of New York City suffered damaged vocal cords and trachea due to intubation that left her windpipe scarred, ...

A tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) occurs when a connection between the trachea (windpipe) and esophagus (the tube that connects the throat to the stomach) forms during fetal development before birth.