Correction: World J Surg Onc 21, 133 (2023)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12957-023-03010-z

Following publication of the original article [1], the author reported that the year citations of reference 33 in the maintext body were incorrect. It should be 2021 instead of 2020. The following occurences should be corrected.

Results section, Literature search, 4th sentence “published from 2012 to 2020,” should be “published from 2012 to 2021,”

In tables 2 to 4, “Jeon HJ 2020” should be “Jeon HJ 2021.”

The original article has been updated.