Erratum to: J Robotic Surg (2009) 3:75–78 DOI 10.1007/s11701-009-0143-9

The first author’s name was inadvertently duplicated, and the family name of the third author was misspelled. The correct authorship is given here.

The correct authorship is “Myriam J. Curet, Houman Solomon, Gigi Liu, John M. Morton”. M. J. Curet is corresponding author.