The patient was suffering from post-intubation tracheal stenosis, a serious condition in which the windpipe becomes significantly narrowed following prolonged intubation.

Surgeons in Spain have carried out the world's first tissue-engineered whole organ transplant - using a windpipe made with the patient's own stem cells. The groundbreaking technology also means for ...

A 36-year-old man who had tracheal cancer has received a new lab-made windpipe seeded with his own stem cells in a procedure in Sweden they call the first successful attempt of its kind, officials ...

Doctors report that they have built a new windpipe for woman with ear cartilage that was first lengthened in her arm. Cartilage from each ear was transplanted into the tissue into her forearm, where ...

Doctors added that he did not require surgery. A man tore his windpipe after he tried to hold in a sneeze, which medical professionals say is the first known case of its kind. The incident took place ...