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Reply to Li et al. “Can Preoperative Frailty Accurately Predict Morbidity and Mortality Following Liver Surgery?”

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  1. Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Faiz Gani

  2. Department of Surgery, The Urban Meyer III and Shelley Meyer Chair for Cancer Research, Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University, 395 W. 12th Avenue, Suite 670, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA

    Timothy M. Pawlik

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Gani, F., Pawlik, T.M. Reply to Li et al. “Can Preoperative Frailty Accurately Predict Morbidity and Mortality Following Liver Surgery?”. J Gastrointest Surg 21, 1974–1975 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-017-3552-5

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