There's an abscess behind the stomach. It's making the entire posterior stomach friable. What if we use an intercostal muscle flap to patch the esophagus instead? If we do that, it raises the risk of sepsis. The patient signed off on risk. - We should at least try. - Not this level of risk. We need to do the diversion. Uh... Your idea was good. Don't give up on it so fast. Reverting to diversion doesn't mean failure.