The 9th National Trachea Surgery Conference was successfully held in Shanghai on November 10th, 2018, gathering many renowned experts and surgeons from home and abroad to exchange new ideas and techniques in trachea surgery.During the meeting, Dr. Henning A. Gaissert, from Massachusetts General Hospital (USA), gave a lecture on “Tracheal reconstruction after failed intervention”. Seizing this opportunity, we are honored to have Dr. Gaissert for an interview