Fig. 3From: Anastomotic leakage after esophagectomy possibly caused by compression of the gastric conduit behind the sternoclavicular joint: a report of three casesMeasurement of the thoracic inlet space (TIS) in each case. The TIS was defined as the inter-clavicular distance multiplied by the sterno-brachiocephalic distance in the axial section of the cervical chest on preoperative computed tomography scans. In all the cases, the TIS was < 700 mm2Back to article page