Erratum to: J Gastroenterol DOI 10.1007/s00535-015-1157-x

The author would like to correct the errors in the publication of the original article. The corrected details are given below for your reading.

In the “Abstract” section, the second sentence beneath the heading “Results” should read as

EV were demonstrated in 45/45 patients, with a mean detection time of 6.9 s (2–21), which was longer in patients with variceal recurrence (7.0 s) than in those without (5.6 s, P = 0.048).

Secondly, the second sentence in the page 6 beneath the heading “Relationship between the LGA findings and post-treatment variceal recurrence” should read as

The mean detection time was significantly longer in patients with recurrence (7.0 s) than in those without (5.6 s, P = 0.048).