Intrathoracic esophagojejunostomy using OrVil™ for gastric adenocarcinoma involving the esophagus

Table 1 Patients’ clinical background

Case	Age (yr)	Sex	Tumor location	Siewert classification	C-length (mm)	C-stage	Co-morbidity	Neoadjuvant chemotherapy
1	73	M	EU	Type I	30	T3(SS)N0M0	DM	N
2	52	M	UME	Others	14	T3(SS)N1M0	DM	N
3	80	M	EU	Type II	21	T3(SS)N1M0	CI	N
4	67	M	UE	Type II	10	T1b(SM)N0M0	DM, COPD	N
5	55	M	UE	Type III	12	T3(SS)N2M0	COPD	S-1 + CDDP

C-stage: Clinical stage; C-length: Clinical length of the esophageal involvement according to preoperative fluoroscopy; DM: Diabetes mellitus; CI: Cerebral infarction; COPD: Chronic obstructive Pulmonary disease; N: Not performed; M: Male.