Correction to: BMC Surg (2020) 20:251 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-020-00914-5

Following publication of the original article, we were notified that three of the names of the MeHAEMO working group were incorrectly reported. The correct names are: Marco La Torre, Stefano Mancini and Giovanni De Palma.

The original article has been corrected.