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Frailty Predicts Perioperative Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy

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The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in the NIS database.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, 155 N. Fresno St, Fresno, San Francisco, CA, 93701, USA

    Hunza Chaudhry

  2. Liver Institute Northwest, Seattle, WA, USA

    Aalam Sohal

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Orange Park Medical Center, Orange Park, FL, USA

    Jay Patel

  4. Ross University School of Medicine, Bridgetown, Barbados

    Dino Dukovic

  5. Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Punjab, India

    Ishandeep Singh & Shivam Kalra

  6. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of California, Fresno, CA, USA

    Juliana Yang

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Chaudhry, H., Sohal, A., Patel, J. et al. Frailty Predicts Perioperative Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy. J Gastrointest Surg 27, 2574–2576 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-023-05745-2

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