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Is chronological age really not a contraindication to gastrectomy for very elderly patients?

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  1. Jiong-Jie Yu and Li-Yang Sun are contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Department of Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 225 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200438, China

    Jiong-Jie Yu, Li-Yang Sun & Tian Yang

  2. Department of Clinical Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200438, China

    Jiong-Jie Yu & Li-Yang Sun

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Yu, JJ., Sun, LY. & Yang, T. Is chronological age really not a contraindication to gastrectomy for very elderly patients?. Surg Today 48, 968–969 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-018-1671-6

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