ASO Author Reflections: Future of Reporting Complications After Gastric Cancer Surgery

Emilia Putila¹, Olli Helminen², Joonas H Kauppila^{2

3}; FINEGO Group

Collaborators, Affiliations

FINEGO Group:
Mika Helmiö, Heikki Huhta, Aapo Jalkanen, Anna Junttila, Raija Kallio, Vesa Koivukangas, Arto Kokkola, Elina Lietzen, Johanna Louhimo, Sanna Meriläinen, Vesa-Matti Pohjanen, Tuomo Rantanen, Ari Ristimäki, Jari Räsänen, Eero Sihvo, Vesa Toikkanen, Tuula Tyrväinen, Antti Valtola

¹ Surgery Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland. emilia.putila@student.oulu.fi.
² Surgery Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
³ Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.

Emilia Putila et al. Ann Surg Oncol. 2025 Sep.

. 2025 Sep;32(9):6903-6904.

doi: 10.1245/s10434-025-17756-1. Epub 2025 Jul 1.

Emilia Putila¹, Olli Helminen², Joonas H Kauppila^{2

3}; FINEGO Group

FINEGO Group:
Mika Helmiö, Heikki Huhta, Aapo Jalkanen, Anna Junttila, Raija Kallio, Vesa Koivukangas, Arto Kokkola, Elina Lietzen, Johanna Louhimo, Sanna Meriläinen, Vesa-Matti Pohjanen, Tuomo Rantanen, Ari Ristimäki, Jari Räsänen, Eero Sihvo, Vesa Toikkanen, Tuula Tyrväinen, Antti Valtola

¹ Surgery Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland. emilia.putila@student.oulu.fi.
² Surgery Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
³ Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure: There are no conflicts of interest.

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