A 56-year-old woman with a total gastrectomy and an esophagojejunal anastomosis developed a severe stricture of the surgical anastomosis (l " Fig. 1). The stricture was radiologically dilated, resulting in perforation during the dilation maneuvers. The perforation was resolved nonsurgically. The stricture recurred, so we placed a covered metal stent that was removed after 2 months, but the stricture recurred again afterwards. In this situation, we decided to place the SX-Ella-BD (Ella-CS, s. r. o., Hradec KrµlovØ, Czech Republic)-a new polydioxanone