Safety and Efficacy of OGT Method Versus the Traditional Overlap Method

The overlap guiding tube(OGT) is used to assist the anvil fork placed into the esophageal cavity.

After firing the stapler, two openings were converted into a single entry hole to create an end-to-side esophagojejunostomy, and the entry hole was closed with full-thickness running suture using barbed sutures intracorporeally.