Esophagogastric anastomosis with invagination into stomach: New technique to reduce fistula formation

Figure 1 Esophagogastric anastomosis with stomach invagination. A: Diagram showing the circular myotomy (long arrow) in the section of the proximal esophageal stump (short arrow), which created a 4.0 cm segment of extension to be invaginated into the stomach (the illustration of the trachea was omitted); B: Diagram showing the anastomosis of the posterior wall of the esophagus performed first using interrupted sutures (the illustration of the trachea was omitted); C: Diagram showing the sectioned esophagus protruding into the stomach (the illustration of the trachea was omitted).