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Objective To evaluate the clinical application of gastric tube in radical operation for patients with esophageal or cardial carcinoma. Methods From January 2007 to June 2010,50 patients with esophageal or cardial carcinoma were enrolled. Based on surgical methods, they were divided into the gastric tube group (26 cases) and the traditional way group (24 cases). Among the gastric tube group, 21 patients had esophageal carcinoma,and the other 5 patients had cardial carcinoma,and 1 patient was treated with anastomosis in the left neck, 11 patients with anastomosis in upper aortic arch,9 patients with anastomosis in lower aortic arch and 5 cardial carcinoma patients underwent radical resection. Among the traditional way group, 20 patients had esophageal carcinoma,and the other 4 patients had cstdial carcinoma, 1 patient wastreated with anastomosis in the left neck, 11 patients with anastomosis in upper aortic arch, 8 patients with anastomosis in lower aortic arch and 4 cardial carcinoma patients underwent radical resection. The rate of anastomotic leakage, operation time, and length of stay in hospital of the two groups were observed. Results All surgeries were successfully performed. There was no anastomotic leakage case in the two groups, while there were 3 cases pulmonary infection and 1 case death in the traditional way group. There was no statistical difference in operation time [(175 ± 11) min vs. (182±6) min, t = 1.556, P = 0.072] and length of stay in hospital [(16.8 ±9.8) d vs.(17.0 ± 11.3) d,t = 1.495,P= 0.068] between the gastric tube group and the traditional way group. Conclusion Gastric tube has good value in clinical application with fewer complications and without prolonging operation and hospitalization time, which can surely ameliorate quality of life.