Smoking doesn't just cause lung cancer. It's also a major risk factor for cancers of the trachea, which is the main air passageway (also called the windpipe), and the larynx (the voice box). Laryngeal ...

Brenda Jensen became the second person ever to receive a larynx transplant. Jan. 20, 2011 — -- Thanks to a rare and difficult transplant surgery, the once voiceless Brenda Jensen has been given a ...

A laryngectomy is a major surgery that is done to remove your voice box, or larynx. Your larynx is the part of your throat that contains your voice box. It’s located at the upper end of your windpipe ...

There are four stages of laryngeal cancer. They are slightly different depending on where in your larynx the cancer starts. Laryngeal cancer happens when abnormal (cancerous) cells start to grow in ...

An artificial “voice box” has provided long-term relief for a throat cancer patient in France. The 56-year-old man can now speak with an intelligible whisper and breathe normally, said lead researcher ...

Laryngotracheobronchitis is a form of croup, the term for a common group of respiratory conditions that mostly affect infants and children. It’s highly treatable with corticosteroids, rest, and ...

CONGENITAL anomalies involving the larynx, trachea and esophagus are rare. Five types of tracheal and esophageal anomalies have been described by Ladd. 1 Sayre and Hall 2 reported 2 cases of anomalies ...

This 1930s educational film provides a detailed exploration of the respiratory and excretory systems, combining live-action demonstrations, animations, and intertitles to illustrate human anatomy and ...

Although the transplanting of a human heart is the most dramatic feat of today’s surgery, it is not the most difficult. From the technical standpoint, implantation of a new lung is more delicate and ...

A161 Tuberculosis of lung, bacteriological and histological examination not done A162 Tuberculosis of lung, without mention of bacteriological or histological confirmation A164 Tuberculosis of larynx, ...