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 ...

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, ...

Here’s a scary lesson about why you shouldn’t hold in your sneezes. In a case report this month, doctors in the UK describe a man in his 30s who tore open his windpipe by holding his nose and mouth ...

A collapsed trachea occurs when the cartilage in your throat becomes softer and begins to fall inward. You may be born with it, or it may develop because of a condition, treatment, or injury. A ...

NEW YORK – It’s a medical milestone that has the potential to save thousands of people with birth defects, cancer, or injury to their windpipes from COVID-19 intubation. A team of surgeons in New York ...