ERRATUM: Correction for the number of the recruited patients and the participating institutions. Prospective randomized controlled trial (phase III) to comparing laparoscopic distal gastrectomy with open distal gastrectomy for gastric adenocarcinoma (KLASS 01)

Hyung-Ho Kim; Sang-Uk Han; Min-Chan Kim; Woo Jin Hyung; Wook Kim; Hyuk-Joon Lee; Seung Wan Ryu; GyuSeok Cho; Chan Young Kim; Han-Kwang Yang; Do Joong Park; Kyo Young Song; Sang IL Lee; Seong Yeob Ryu; Joo Ho Lee

doi:10.4174/astr.2014.87.1.51

Erratum

Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research 2014; 87(1): 51-52.

Published online: 24 June 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4174/astr.2014.87.1.51

ERRATUM: Correction for the number of the recruited patients and the participating institutions. Prospective randomized controlled trial (phase III) to comparing laparoscopic distal gastrectomy with open distal gastrectomy for gastric adenocarcinoma (KLASS 01)

Hyung-Ho Kim, Sang-Uk Han¹, Min-Chan Kim², Woo Jin Hyung³, Wook Kim⁴, Hyuk-Joon Lee⁵, Seung Wan Ryu⁶, GyuSeok Cho⁷, Chan Young Kim⁸, Han-Kwang Yang⁵, Do Joong Park, Kyo Young Song⁹, Sang IL Lee¹⁰, Seong Yeob Ryu¹¹, Joo Ho Lee¹²; Korean Laparoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgery Study (KLASS) Group

Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea.

¹Department of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.

²Department of Surgery, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.

³Department of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

⁴Department of Surgery, Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

⁵Department of Surgery, Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

⁶Department of Surgery, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.

⁷Department of Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea.

⁸Department of Surgery, Chonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonju, Korea.

⁹Department of Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

¹⁰Department of Surgery, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.

¹¹Department of Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea.

¹²Department of Surgery, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.4174/jkss.2013.84.2.123

J Korean Surg Soc 2013;84(2):123-30

To the Editor

Thank you for publication our clinical trial note entitled "Prospective randomized controlled trial (phase III) to comparing laparoscopic distal gastrectomy with open distal gastrectomy for gastric adenocarcinoma (KLASS 01)" in volume 84(2) of the February 2013 issue. In the original publication, we created several mistakes in the number of the recruited patients and the participating institutions. Thus those were described as 1,415 patients (704 underwent LADG and 711 underwent ODG) and 12 institutions in the abstract, Study setting, Progress and Fig. 1 when submitted to the publisher. These mistakes were not due to the editorial office of Journal of the Korean Surgical Society. We attached an erratum along with this letter to request for corrections; (1) 1,415 patients into 1,416 patients, (2) '704 underwent LADG and 711 underwent ODG' into '705 were assigned to LADG and 711 were assigned to ODG', and (3) 12 institutions into 13 institutions.

Sincerely yours,

Hyung-Ho Kim