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case_images: Intraoperative photograph of surgical field: (A) Complete transected trachea (B) Black arrow indicating transected trachea, white arrow indicating ruptured esophagus, and yellow arrow indicating NG tube inserted in the esophagus (C) Approximation two ends of the transected trachea using interrupted absorbable suture (D) After primary repair of the transected trachea. (For interpretation of the references to color in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)
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case_images: An NG tube was inserted in the esophagus, and it was repaired with 3-0 absorbable interrupted suture (Fig. 1), primarily in one layer.
case_images: One week post-operative esophagography: No signs of aspiration or leakage are noticed.
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case_images: As no leakage or aspiration was found, the patient went on oral feeding (Fig. 2).