JERUSALEM – Doctors successfully performed a tracheotomy on Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Sunday to help wean him off a respirator that has been helping him breathe since he suffered a massive ...

According to the Knox County Sheriff's Office, Deputy Dalton Swanger's tracheal resection surgery has been scheduled for later this month. Including the surgery Swanger underwent this week, he has ...

Both tracheostomy and cricothyrotomy help people breathe when airways are blocked. Cricothyrotomy is an emergency procedure while tracheostomy is for people who need long-term assistance with ...

VATICAN CITY—Ailing Pope John Paul II is under doctor's orders not to talk, but he's breathing on his own and even writing notes and jokes since his tracheotomy surgery, Vatican officials said Friday.

Patients who undergo tracheotomy should be carefully monitored for a while after surgery, say Turkish researchers. Surgeons should be aware of the significant increases in thyroid hormones that can ...

A person with a tracheostomy has a higher risk than usual of aspiration, which means they may take unwanted substances into their airways. A tracheostomy is a procedure in which a surgeon makes an ...