IN 1931, I performed an autopsy on a five-month-old baby who had had wheezing respirations since birth and had recently developed difficulty in swallowing. At this examination a ring of blood vessels ...

A new study reporting how a network of genes directs the development of the trachea and esophagus in mice has been published today in eLife. The results provide new insight on the genes present during ...

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 classification ...

Deep in the womb, about the time that the human embryo is, in its entirety, about the size of a peppercorn, a tube sprouts in the rapidly evolving realm of its primitive lungs. As the tube grows, two ...

A tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) occurs when a connection between the trachea (windpipe) and esophagus (the tube that connects the throat to the stomach) forms during fetal development before birth.

In back-to-back reports published Aug. 27, 2020, in Nature Communications, a team of scientists from Cincinnati Children's and Japan report discoveries that will be vital to a new wave of more-complex ...

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 ...

If you or a loved one is suffering from gastrointestinal issues, your doctor may recommend an EndoFLIP procedure. This diagnostic tool offers accurate measurements of the area and pressure within ...

CINCINNATI - Scientists working to bioengineer the entire human gastrointestinal system in a laboratory now report using pluripotent stem cells to grow human esophageal organoids. Published in the ...

Being able to recognize the signs of choking and knowing what to do can help save a person’s life if they get food stuck in their throat. This involves removing food obstructions. The Heimlich ...

The next time you pop a pill, you probably won’t think about everything it took just to develop it. We want to develop new medicines and technologies that will help patients, but testing human ...

Scientists working to bioengineer the entire human gastrointestinal system in a laboratory now report using pluripotent stem cells to grow human esophageal organoids. This is the first time scientists ...