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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Gastrointest Surg. 2016 Nov 23;21(4):712–722. doi: 10.1007/s11605-016-3326-5

Figure 2.

Figure 2

(a) The large jaw of the Endo GIA™ stapler with a 45 mm medium/thick (purple) reload is placed into the enterotomy created on the antimesenteric border of the jejunal Roux limb approximately 6 cm distal to the transection staple line.

(b) The small jaw of the stapler is placed into the esophageal lumen.

(c) The common enterotomy is closed with hand-sewn, interrupted 3-0 silk sutures in a single-layer fashion.

(d) The completed esophagojejunal anastomosis with hand-sewn closure of the common enterotomy.