[Intrathoracic esophagogastroanastomosis: a problem and ways for its solution].

The investigation has shown that the due level of blood supply of the wound surfaces of the organs being sutured, the obligatory absence of a strain, perfect technique of the proper manual putting the end-to-end type anastomosis and the rational placing of the transplant in the posterior mediastinum with a strictly vertical rectilinear orientation, without bends and rotation, allowed to get a smooth course in 98.8% of the operated patients. Incompetent sutures took place in 1.