The trachea starts just under the voice box (larynx) and runs down the center of the chest behind the breast bone (sternum) in front of the esophagus. The trachea is connected to the larynx by a ...

A man unknowingly swallowed his partial denture, causing an abnormal connection between his esophagus and trachea that required him to undergo two surgeries and eight months of recovery. The case ...

Corey was born with tracheo-oesophageal fistula (TOF), which is an abnormal connection between the oesophagus and trachea, and long gap oesophageal atresia, which means his oesophagus was not ...

The tonsils sit in the back of the throat and form part of a ring of immune tissue surrounding the upper openings of the oesophagus (food pipe) and trachea (windpipe)." Years ago, the bar for ...

During the procedure, performed in the emergency department, the tube was incorrectly placed in the man's oesophagus instead of his trachea. Dr Caldwell identified several factors that contributed ...

Glenda Logsdail died at Milton Keynes University Hospital in 2020 after a breathing tube was inserted into her oesophagus instead of her trachea. The guidance, published in journal Anaesthesia ...