Clinical Experience in 150 Cases Using the Esophageal Tube-Shaped Anastomotic Stapler

The tube-shaped stapler (end-to-end anastomosis, EEA) has been widely employed in surgery of the gastrointestinal tract over the past 10 years in China [1]. This paper reports our experience with the instrument in 150 cases with carcinoma of the esophagus and gastric cardia between December 1981 and June 1985.