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 ...
Mount Sinai Hospital in New York made history performing the first trachea transplant in the U.S. The trachea is a roughly 4-inch long tube that carries oxygen into the lungs. Doctors hope this could ...
A team of Mount Sinai surgeons has performed the world's first human tracheal transplant--an achievement that has the potential to save the lives of thousands of patients around the world who have ...
NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...