Correction to: Surgery Today (2019) 49:150–157 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-018-1718-8

In the original publication, in Abstract, the second sentence of Results has been incorrectly published as:

Complications occurred in 76 (68.5%) and 76 (64.4%) patients in NAC and US groups, respectively (p = 0.51), and severe complications occurred in 17 (22.4%) and 30 (39.5%) patients, respectively (p = 0.057).

The correct sentence is given below:

Complications occurred in 76 (68.5%) and 76 (64.4%) patients in NAC and US groups, respectively (p = 0.51), and severe complications occurred in 17 (22.4%) and 30 (25.4%) patients, respectively (p = 0.057).

Under the section: “Surgical procedures and outcomes”, the sixth sentence has been incorrectly published as:

The incidences of severe complications of Clavien–Dindo classification grade IIIa or higher were 22.4% (n = 17) in the NAC group and 39.5% (n = 30) in the US group (p = 0.057).

The correct sentence is given below:

The incidences of severe complications of Clavien–Dindo classification grade IIIa or higher were 15.3% (n = 17) in the NAC group and 25.4% (n = 30) in the US group (p = 0.057).