Correction to: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2001 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-003-0016-5

The original publication of the article cited above included incorrect values in the following parts: in Table 3 of section (A) Cardiovascular Surgery, in Table 10 of section (B) General Thoracic Surgery and in Table 1 of section (C) Esophageal Surgery.

The corrected versions are shown in the following page.

(A) Cardiovascular Surgery

Table 3 Thoracic aortic aneurysm (total; 6218)

(B) General Thoracic Surgery

Table 2 Table 10

(C) Esophageal Surgery

Table 1 Benign esophageal diseases