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 cancer and tracheal cancer are both ...

Dysphonia is a common condition of abnormal voice production, often caused by problems with the voice box or vocal cords.

Neuroendocrine cells in the larynx and trachea, which make up the passageway from the mouth to the lungs, can sense water and acid passing through, a team reports in the April 19 Science.

This patient underwent transplantation of the larynx, trachea, pharynx, and thyroid and parathyroid glands, and the transplant has remained viable for 40 months.

Marty Kedian, a Massachusetts man with cancer got his voice back after getting a rare larynx transplant in Arizona through Mayo Clinic's Larynx and Trachea Transplant Program in February 2024. The ...

Unlike NE cells from the lungs, those found in the trachea and larynx did not respond to pressure changes, she found. But the airway NE cells did release signals in response to water and acid.

The larynx, or voice box, transplant operation took 21 hours and is only the third surgery of its kind in the U.S. to date. $2 for 6 months SUBSCRIBE NOW Read Today's Paper Wednesday, April 16 ...

The larynx and trachea connect to the lungs, while the esophagus connects to the stomach and the rest of the gastrointestinal tract. The larynx shares a space in the neck with the esophagus known ...

Dr. Girish Mour, left, medical director of Mayo Clinic's larynx and trachea transplant program, and Lott, right, standing on either side of Kedian one week after his surgery.

A 52-year-old California woman became the second person in the world to receive a larynx transplant in October, ... thyroid gland and trachea. “This operation has restored my life,” Jensen said.

After removing Kedian’s cancerous larynx, they transplanted the donated one plus necessary adjoining tissues – thyroid and parathyroid glands, the pharynx and upper part of the trachea – and ...