A medical team in New York City says it has performed the first complete surgical transplant of a trachea. These kinds of transplants are one of... Woman Gets New Windpipe In Groundbreaking Transplant ...

NEW YORK - Sonia Sein said she spent the last six years "trying to catch every breath at every moment" after extensive treatment for her severe asthma damaged her windpipe. She is breathing freely ...

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 ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn — According to the Knox County Sheriff's Office, Deputy Dalton Swanger's tracheal resection surgery has been ...

For more than a quarter of a century, Linda De Croock lived with constant pain from a car accident that smashed her windpipe. Today, she has a new one after surgeons implanted the windpipe from a dead ...

Alan Chapman shared a joke with his son Tyler as they passed time in a University of Kansas Hospital waiting room during a pre-operation visit on Feb. 2. Tyler had expected to give one of his kidneys ...

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 ...