%0 Journal Article
%T Authors¡¯ reply
%A Akihiro Toyokawa
%A Kiyonori Kanemitsu
%A Nozomi Ueno
%A Shinobu Tsuchida
%A Takuro Yoshikawa
%A Tetsuo Maeda
%A Tomoyuki Wakahara
%J Archive of "Annals of Gastroenterology".
%D 2019
%R 10.20524/aog.2019.0354
%X We are grateful to Dr. Talukdar et al for their comments on our article, which we fully agree with. The accumulation of data from studies investigating the risk factors of postoperative morbidity or mortality helps clinicians identify which patients can stand invasive surgeries, what kind of complications will be expected in which patients, and how to prepare for or prevent those complications
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6415718/