But that operation had also involved surgery on the girl’s esophagus, which never healed properly. She underwent another operation a month ago to correct the pr

But that operation had also involved surgery on the girl’s esophagus, which never healed properly. She underwent another operation a month ago to correct the problem and died from complications arising from the second operation, said Dr. Mark J. Holterman, a pediatric surgeon at the hospital. “The trachea was never a problem,” Dr. Macchiarini said Sunday.