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From: Repair of gastro-tracheobronchial fistula after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer using intercostal muscle and latissimus dorsi muscle flaps: a case report

Fig. 1

On postoperative day 7, computed tomography (CT) revealed anastomotic leakage (blue arrowhead) and a tracheal fistula (blue arrow) (a). On postoperative day 7, a left main bronchial fistula was observed (blue arrow) (b). On postoperative day 49, an upper gastrointestinal series showed a fistula within the trachea (black arrow) and a fistula within the left main bronchus (black arrowhead) (c). CT (postoperative day 117) revealed that the left main bronchial fistula was closed by covering it with omentum (d), and the GTF was open (black arrow) (e)

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