title: Reply to Letter: "Is There No Significant Difference in the Incidence of Anastomotic Leakage Between the Hand-sewn and Mechanical Esophagogastric Anastomosis?".
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan Department of General Medicine, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Okayama, Japan Department of Data Science, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo, Japan Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan Departments of Health Promotion and Human Behavior and of Clinical, Epidemiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine/School of Public Health, Kyoto, Japan michitaka.honda@jfcr.or.jp.
authors.forename: Michitaka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuriyama
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Noma
authors.forename: Souya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nunobe
authors.forename: Toshi A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Furukawa
mesh_terms: D057868:Anastomotic Leak / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016629:Esophagectomy; D006801:Humans; D013528:Surgical Staplers; D013536:Suture Techniques