At the beginning of development, the esophagus and trachea start as one tube. Tracheoesophageal fistulas occur when the tubes do not properly separate. Unlike esophageal atresia, ...

The most common consequences of swallowing button batteries were paralysis of the vocal cord and fusing of the trachea and esophagus, researchers found. Photo by Lead holder/Wikimedia Commons.

THE presence of a fistulous communication between the esophagus and trachea, without an accompanying esophageal atresia, is rarely reported and is not familiar to many physicians. The classificatio ...

IN any case of pulmonary disease of obscure origin an x-ray examination of the esophagus with barium may demonstrate some ... of material from the high esophageal diverticulum into the trachea.

"Disorders of the esophagus and trachea are prevalent enough in people that organoid models of human esophagus could be greatly beneficial," lead investigator Dr. Jim Wells, chief scientific ...

"This is a condition where the trachea, which is the breathing pipe, and the esophagus, which is the feeding pipe, are somehow connected," Dr. Gonzalez said.

This creates a small hole in your trachea and esophagus, where a voice prosthesis will be placed. This device will help you to speak. After the Surgery.

Aspiration is the medical term for when food accidentally goes down the windpipe instead of the esophagus. Aspiration is the medical term for when food, liquid, ...