In the observation period, 44 patients with the diagnosis of oropharyngeal carcinoma had undergone surgery at the University Medical Center Regensburg. 5 (10.6%) patients were diagnosed with UICC ...

Vatican Press Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls confirmed a short time ago that doctors at Rome’s Gemelli hospital have successfully performed a tracheotomy on Pope John Paul II. The Vatican indicated ...

Surgically opening the windpipe, or trachea, within the first seven days of the start of mechanical ventilation decreases the time patients spend on ventilators, shortens their ICU stay and lowers ...

THIS discussion is concerned with the uses of tracheostomy and mechanical respiratory devices in managing the problems encountered in a large hospital. The material presented here was obtained by a ...

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.

After years of struggling to breathe and fearing she might suffocate in her sleep, Sonia Sein says she feels well enough to dance around with her grandchildren after undergoing the first-ever human ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn — According to the Knox County Sheriff's Office, Deputy Dalton Swanger's tracheal resection surgery has been ...