The overlap method is a safe and feasible for esophagojejunostomy after laparoscopic-assisted total gastrectomy

Table 5 Previous reports of intracorporeal anastomosis using circular stapler in LATG

Reference	Year	Number of patients	Body mass index (kg/m²)	Mortality	Operation time (min)	Time to perform anastomosis (min)	Blood loss (ml)	Hospitalization (days)	Complications	Anastomotic stenosis	Anastomotic leakage
Purse-string sutured by hand or with other devices
[10]	2005	8	—	0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	12.5%
[11]	2005	8	—	0%	183	—	81	16.9	13%	0%	0%
[12]	2005	10	—	0%	—	—	—	—	10%	0%	10%
[13]	2006	63	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0%	4.8%
[14]	2008	27	22.6	0%	527.5	—	—	16.2	7%	—	0%
[15]	2008	20	—	0%	254	—	299	19	25%	5%	10%
[16]	2008	38	24.0	2.6%	187	—	10	—	39%	—	5.3%
[17]	2008	23	23.4	0%	305.9	—	77.5	11.2	4%	0%	0%
[18]	2009	16	—	6.3%	225	—	—	16	—	0%	6.3%
[19]	2009	67	22.9	0%	305.4	—	190.7	13.6	27%	9%	1.5%
[20]	2010	10	22.4	0%	257	—	69	13	10%	0%	0%
[21]	2013	100	—	0%	249	—	182	—	18%	—	6%
Orvil™
[22]	2009	16	23.0	0%	194	—	272	11	6%	0%	0%
[23]	2010	27	24.0	0%	—	—	—	—	4%	3.8%	0%
[24]	2011	30	23.0	3.3%	209.8	64.5	111	21.9	7%	—	3.3%
[25]	2011	16	24.9	0%	—	—	—	—	44%	18.8%	0%
[26]	2012	13	—	8.6%	—	—	—	—	15%	7.5%	0%
[27]	2013	12	24.3	0%	226.5	42.8	—	8.4	—	33.3%	16.7%
[28]	2013	16	—	0%	—	—	—	—	25%	—	0%
[29]	2013	40	24.0	0%	220.2	18.6	—	11.6	—	3%	5%
[30]	2013	21	21.2	0%	198	—	130	12.5	—	5%	5%
[31]	2013	28	—	0%	143	—	70	9.6	7%	0%	—
[32]	2013	17	27.1	2%	—	—	—	—	31%	5.9%	5.9%
[33]	2013	52	22.8	0%	—	—	—	—	—	21%	1.9%

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