Table 1.

Summary of seven patients who underwent surgical reparation of anastomotic strictures

Case	Age (years)	Gender	Time from first operation (months)	Cause	Operation time (min)	Bleeding (ml)	Reconstruction	Graft vessels	Other findings	Complications
1	74	Male	20	Anastomotic stricture	590	606	Free jejunal graft interposition	Left transverse cervical artery		Dysphagia
								Left external jugular vein
2	76	Male	15	Anastomotic stricture	400	229	Esophagogastric anastomosis		Neck dissection	None
3	67	Male	250	Residual esophageal cancer	415	180	Free jejunal graft interposition	Left transverse cervical artery	Neck dissection	None
								Left internal jugular vein
4	73	Male	290	Residual esophageal cancer	845	418	Free jejunal graft interposition	Left transverse cervical artery	Pharyngolaryngoesophagectomy with neck dissection	None
								Left external jugular vein
5	65	Male	4	Anastomotic stricture	375	282	Esophagogastric anastomosis			Surgical site infection
6	67	Male	10	Anastomotic stricture	480	181	Free jejunal graft interposition	Left internal thoracic artery		Jejunal graft necrosis
								Left internal thoracic vein
7	67	Male	190	Residual esophageal cancer	435	187	Free jejunal graft interposition	Left transverse cervical artery	Combined resection of the left internal jugular vein with neck dissection	Dysphagia
								Left vertebral vein