Surgical outcomes of reconstruction using the gastric tube and free jejunum for cervical esophageal cancer: analysis using the National Clinical Database of Japan.

The incidence of overall morbidities and reoperation, especially anastomotic leakage after gastric tube reconstruction, suggested a necessity for further improvement. However, the incidence of fatal complications, such as tracheal necrosis or reconstructed organ necrosis, was low for both reconstruction methods, and the mortality rate was acceptable as a means of radical treatment.