Erratum: Resection of obstructive left-sided colon cancer at a national level: A prospective analysis of short-term outcomes in 1,816 patients (Digestive Surgery (2015) 32 (317-324) DOI: 10.1159/000433561)

In the article by Tanis PJ, Paulino Pereira NR, van Hooft JE, Consten ECJ, Bemelman WA, entitled 'Resection of obstructive left-sided colon cancer at a national level: a prospective analysis of short-term outcomes in 1,816 patients' [Dig Surg 2015;32:317-324, DOI: 10.1159/000433561], the greater-than symbol needs to be replaced by the less-than symbol in the following sentences on pages 317, 322 and 323: Page 317: Mortality rate after acute resection was 2.9% in patients <70 years, but mortality rates up to 32.2% were observed in high-risk elderly patients. Acute resection as first choice treatment seems justified for patients <70 years of age given a mortality rate of 3%. Page 322: The mortality rate after acute resection in patients <70 years of age was 2.9% on average, and did even not exceed 10% if one risk factor was present (fig. 1). Page 323: Despite its inherent shortcomings, these population-based data indicate that acute resection may safely be performed in patients with malignant left-sided colonic obstruction <70 years of age.