Impact of preoperative handgrip strength on postoperative outcome after radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer patients

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  • who: Ryota Matsui and collaborators from the Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Juntendo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan have published the paper: Impact of Preoperative Handgrip Strength on Postoperative Outcome after Radical Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer Patients, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)
  • what: The authors investigated whether preoperative low-handgrip strength (HGS) defined by the Asian working group for sarcopenia could be a predictor of postoperative outcomes in patients with gastric cancer. The authors demonstrated that low-HGS according to current standards is a valid predictor of . . .

     

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