Fig. 2

The main procedure involved dissociating the peritoneal stomach, and the gastric conduit was removed during thoracoscopic and laparoscopic radical resection of esophageal cancer by Prof. Zhijun Chen. (A)Choice of incision for abdominal surgery. (B) The left gastric artery was released and transected following double ligation employing Hem-o-lock; (C) the short gastric artery located on the posterior aspect of the detached stomach was double ligated; (D) the gastric conduit was approximately 3.5 cm in diameter