The totally mechanical Collard technique for cervical esophagogastric anastomosis reduces anastomotic stricture compared with triangular anastomosis in minimally invasive esophagectomy with gastric conduit reconstruction through the retrosternal route: a propensity score-matched study.
Hironobu GotoTaro OshikiriYasufumi KoterazawaRyuichiro SawadaTaro IkedaHitoshi HaradaNaoki UrakawaHiroshi HasegawaShingo KanajiKimihiro YamashitaTakeru MatsudaYoshihiro KakejiPublished in: Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society (2024)
Compared with the TA technique, the TMCA technique reduced the rate of anastomotic stricture when performing cervical esophagogastric anastomosis during minimally invasive esophagectomy with gastric conduit reconstruction through the retrosternal route.