Gooszen JAH, et al. - Researchers performed a comparison of clinical outcome after oesophagectomy in patients with an intrathoracic or cervical anastomosis. They also sought for predictors of anastomotic leakage in a nationwide audit.They observed a lower anastomotic leak rate, lower rate of recurrent nerve paresis and a shorter hospital stay in association with an intrathoracic oesophagogastric anastomosis. Co-morbidities and proximal tumours were the recognized risk factors for anastomotic leak.