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  1. Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-5-1 Shikatacho, Kitaku, Okayama city, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan

    Takeshi Nishimura, Hiromichi Naito, Noritomo Fujisaki & Atsunori Nakao

  2. Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Emergency Medical Center, 1-3-1 Wakinohamakaigandori, chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 651-0073, Japan

    Takeshi Nishimura

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Nishimura, T., Naito, H., Fujisaki, N. et al. Reply to comment on “the psoas muscle index as a predictor of mortality and morbidity of geriatric trauma patients: experience of a major trauma center in Kobe”. Surg Today 51, 329–330 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-020-02042-2

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