ASO Author Reflections: Step-Count During Hospitalization Reveals Postoperative Risk-Predicting Readmission After Esophagectomy

Affiliations

¹ Division of Rehabilitation, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan. skondo@tokushima-u.ac.jp.
² Department of Thoracic, Endocrine Surgery and Oncology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan.
³ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan.

Shin Kondo et al. Ann Surg Oncol. 2025.

. 2025 Sep 1.

doi: 10.1245/s10434-025-18230-8. Online ahead of print.

¹ Division of Rehabilitation, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan. skondo@tokushima-u.ac.jp.
² Department of Thoracic, Endocrine Surgery and Oncology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan.
³ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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