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case_images: The view of the operation field when the membranous tracheal rupture was first noticed.
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case_images: While exploring the deeper tissues, an expansive area of perforation extending from the superior level of the cricoid cartilage to the fourth tracheal ring in the inferior was discovered in an area conforming to the tracheoesophageal groove, posterior to the cartilage rings of the trachea, and medial to the recurrent laryngeal nerve (Fig. 1).
case_images: Revealing the severity and the boundaries of the injury by the exploration of the tracheal rupture.
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case_images: F2
case_images: To this end, the left recurrent laryngeal nerve was suspended and a superiorly based flap was prepared by dissecting the strap muscles from the inferior (Fig. 2).
case_images: Final view of the injury repaired with a superior-based strap muscle flap
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case_images: F3
case_images: The posterolateral tracheal perforation site was subsequently closed with sutures running superiorly, and a superiorly based strap muscle flap was placed over (Fig. 3).