ABSTRACT Objective To inverstigate the application of thoracoscopic gastric pull-up reconstruction after hypopharyngo-esophagectomy and analyze the clinical characteristics of carcinoma of hypopharynx and cervical esophagus. Methods The clinical data of 5 patients with carcinoma of hypopharynx and cervical esophagus reconstructed with gastric pull-up were retrospectively analyzed. Results Of the 5 cases of carcinoma of hypopharynx and cervical esophagus, 4 cases had initial onset and 1 case had recurrence. Thoracoscopy was assisted in 4 cases and Da Vinci robot was assisted in one cases. Hypopharyngo-esophagectomy with reserved laryngeal function were carried out in 2 cases, and hypopharyngo-laryngo-esophagectomy were carried out in 3 cases; 4 cases of squamous cell carcinoma and 1 case of adenocarcinoma were confirmed in histopathology. Postoperative transient thoracic fistula in 1 case, pharyngeal fistula after radiotherapy in 1 case; All patients resumed oral intake within 1 month after surgery. The following-up from 6 months to 44 months postoperative, 3 cases died (one case died due to pulmonary hemorrhage 6 months postoperative, one case died due to local recurrence with heart failure 13 months postoperative, and one cases died due to esophageal and lung metastasis 44 months postoperative). 2 patients survived with tumor (lung metastasis 1 year postoperative, cervical lymph node metastasis 3 months postoperative, abdominal lymph node and adrenal metastasis 11 month postoperative). Conclusion The malignant degree of hypopharyngeal and cervical esophageal cancer is high, and adenocarcinoma is rare. The perioperative complications may be controlled in gastric pull-up assisted with thoracoscopic or Davinci robot after hypopharyngo-esophagectomy, which is worthy of recommendation.