Erratum to: Int J Hematol (2014) 99:418–428 DOI 10.1007/s12185-014-1543-9

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

The original article was published with the incorrect title. The correct title should read: “Prolonged thrombocytopenia after living donor liver transplantation is a strong prognostic predictor irrespective of splenectomy: the significance of ADAMTS13 and graft function”.

Secondly, the last two sentences beneath the heading “Abstract” should read as “Irrespective of splenectomy, platelet counts and ADAMTS13 activity in the LP group remained low until POD28, while VWF/ADAMTS13 ratio significantly increased until POD28. These results suggest that prolonged thrombocytopenia after LDLT was associated with not only a decrease in ADAMTS13 due to sinusoidal endothelial cell injury, but also low TPO production due to hepatocyte dysfunction, irrespective of splenectomy.”

Errors have subsequently been identified in the original publication, and the following corrections should be noted:

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    The revised Figs. 1 and 5 and Tables 1, 2, 3 and 4 were replaced with this erratum.

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    Comparison of postoperative platelet counts between LDLT and other operative procedures with or without splenectomy (with standard error bars)

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    Correlation between PLT and TB/PT-INR, ADAMTS13 and TB/PT-INR, and TPO levels and TB/PT-INR on POD14. The open circles designate patients who died within 6 months of LT

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    Table 1 Background of the 100 adult LDLT recipients (n = 100)
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    Table 2 Postoperative complications in LP and HP groups
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    Table 3 Patient characteristics (HP and LP group)
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    Table 4 Risk factors for postoperative thrombocytopenia on POD14
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    References [18] and [27] should be replaced as below.

18. Takei Y, Marzi I, Gao WS, Gores GJ, Lemasters JJ, Thurman RG. Leukocyte adhesion and cell death following orthotopic liver transplantation in the rat. Transplantation. 1991;51(5):959–65.

27. Cywes R, Mullen JB, Stratis MA, Greig PD, Levy GA, Harvey PR, Strasberg SM. Prediction of the outcome of transplantation in man by platelet adherence in donor liver allografts. Evidence of the importance of prepreservation injury. Transplantation. 1993;56(2):316–23.