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From: Secondary reconstruction with a transverse colon covered with a pectoralis major muscle flap and split thickness skin grafts for an esophageal defect and wide skin defects of the anterior chest wall

Figure 1

Necrosis of the esophageal conduit after esophageal reconstruction with the terminal ileum and ascending colon. (a) Necrosis of the terminal ileum and skin of the anterior chest wall. (b) Post-debridement and infection control. The esophageal defect (esophagostomy (white arrow) and the distal end of the resected colon (black arrow)) and the wide skin defect of the anterior chest wall (20 × 7 cm).

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