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Performing Omentectomy During Gastrectomy Does Not Improve Survival: a Multi-Center Analysis of 471 Patients with Gastric Adenocarcinoma

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The authors thank Joanie Chung, MPH MA, for the biostatistical programming support and Samir Johna, MD, for administrative and organizational support.

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  1. Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Stephanie Young, L. Andrew DiFronzo & Victoria O’Connor

  2. St. George’s University School of Medicine, West Indies, Grenada

    Ashim Ahuja, Lauren Keim & Curtis Papenfuss

  3. Department of Surgery, Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center, 13652 Cantara St, Panorama City, CA, 91402, USA

    Ahmed Dehal

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Young, S., DiFronzo, L.A., Ahuja, A. et al. Performing Omentectomy During Gastrectomy Does Not Improve Survival: a Multi-Center Analysis of 471 Patients with Gastric Adenocarcinoma. J Gastrointest Surg 24, 2856–2858 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-020-04772-7

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