Erratum to: Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in Japan during 2007

Erratum to: Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 57:488–513 DOI 10.1007/s11748-009-0460-y

The original publication of the article cited above included incorrect values in the following parts: in section (A) Cardiovascular surgery, Table 3 “Thoracic aortic aneurysm”, both (1) Dissection and (2) Non-dissection, values in “9. Stent graft*a”; and in section (B) General thoracic surgery (Respiratory surgery), Table 1 “Total entry cases of general thoracic surgery” and Table 20 “10. Lung transplantation”. The corrected versions are below.

In Table 2 of section (A) Cardiovascular surgery, the table title “Acquired [total (1) + (2) + (4) + (5) + (6) + (7) + isolated ope. for arrhythmia in (3): 34,907]” should be “Acquired [total (1) + (2) + (4) + (5) + (6) + (7) + isolated ope. for arrhythmia in (3): 35,446]”, “(2) Ischemic heart disease [total (A) + (B) + (C): 18,181]” should be “(2) Ischemic heart disease [total (A) + (B) + (C): 18,720]”, and “(B) Operation for complications of MI (total 874)” should be “(B) Operation for complications of MI (total 1,413)”.

(A) Cardiovascular Surgery

Table 3 Thoracic aortic aneurysm (total; 10,081)

Table 3 continued

(B) General Thoracic Surgery

Table 1 Total entry cases of general thoracic surgery during 2007

Table 20 .