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 ...

Have you ever taken a gulp of water that goes down the wrong way? Or felt acid reflux bubbling up? It feels like your windpipe seizes up and you quickly emit a cough or maybe three. Researchers now ...

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 ...

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 ...

Total laryngectomy and total occlusion of the larynx with tracheostomy are associated with an impaired sense of taste and smell, an increased incidence of tracheobronchial infections, stomal ...

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 ...

Medically reviewed by Benjamin F. Asher, MD Key Takeaways Laryngeal cancer can cause hoarseness, a sore throat, 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 ...

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 ...

A man has regained his voice after surgeons removed his cancerous larynx and, in a pioneering move, replaced it with a donated one. Transplants of the so-called voice box are extremely rare, and ...