Reply to the Letter to the Editor: The impact of preoperative hand grip strength on the long-term outcomes after gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer

Ryota Matsui^{1

2}, Noriyuki Inaki^{3

4}, Toshikatsu Tsuji¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, 2-1 Kuratsuki-higashi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-8201, Japan.
² Department of Surgery, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, 2-1-1 Tomioka, Urayasu, 270-0021, Japan.
³ Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, 2-1 Kuratsuki-higashi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-8201, Japan. n.inaki@viola.ocn.ne.jp.
⁴ Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-8641, Japan. n.inaki@viola.ocn.ne.jp.

Comment

Ryota Matsui et al. Surg Today. 2021 Oct.

. 2021 Oct;51(10):1722.

doi: 10.1007/s00595-021-02301-w. Epub 2021 May 12.

Ryota Matsui^{1

2}, Noriyuki Inaki^{3

4}, Toshikatsu Tsuji¹

¹ Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, 2-1 Kuratsuki-higashi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-8201, Japan.
² Department of Surgery, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, 2-1-1 Tomioka, Urayasu, 270-0021, Japan.
³ Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, 2-1 Kuratsuki-higashi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-8201, Japan. n.inaki@viola.ocn.ne.jp.
⁴ Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-8641, Japan. n.inaki@viola.ocn.ne.jp.

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The impact of the preoperative hand grip strength on the long-term outcomes after gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer.
Matsui R, Inaki N, Tsuji T. Matsui R, et al. Surg Today. 2021 Jul;51(7):1179-1187. doi: 10.1007/s00595-021-02256-y. Epub 2021 Mar 13. Surg Today. 2021. PMID: 33713199

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