“…One tracheal defect was also repaired with pericardial patch and the other with tracheal reconstruction with cadaveric tracheal homograft. 4,5 Given the contamination present in a case like ours, the use of a cryopreserved aortic arch allograft could be considered, but such a homograft may not always be readily available in an emergent setting. Moreover, had our patient not had suitable omentum, other flap options would have included pectoralis major, rectus abdominis, latissimus dorsi, and serratus anterior muscle flaps.…”