Figure 3From: An automatically contamination-avoiding technique for intracorporeal esophagojejunostomy using a transorally inserted anvil during laparoscopic total gastrectomy for gastric cancerPlacement of the anvil head. (a) The tube of the anvil head was inserted transorally (picture downloaded from the website of Covidien). (b) A small hole was made at the esophageal stump. (c) The thread was cut after fixation of the anvil head.Back to article page