The impact of COVID-19 for postoperative outcomes using a nationwide Japanese database of patients undergoing distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer.
Masashi TakeuchiHideki EndoTaizo HibiRyo SeishimaYutaka NakanoHiroyuki YamamotoHiroaki MiyataHiromichi MaedaKazuhiro HanazakiAkinobu TaketomiYoshihiro KakejiYasuyuki SetoHideki UenoMasaki MoriYuko KitagawaPublished in: Annals of gastroenterological surgery (2023)
Surgical management was conducted adequately through the organized efforts of the entire surgery department in our country even in a pandemic during which medical resources and staff may have been limited.