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01-02-2012 | Erratum
Erratum to: Controlled Tissue Expansion in the Initial Management of the Short Bowel State
Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 2/2012
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The authors have brought to our attention the need for revision to Table 1 in their original article. While the overall conclusion of the article did not change, the correct bowel length values are represented in the table below.
Table 1
Patient diagnosis and pre and post bowel expansion lengths
|
Patient
|
Diagnosis
|
Pre expansion length (cm)
|
Post expansion length (cm)
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
Jejunal atresia
|
25
|
43
|
|
2
|
Gastroschisis
|
45
|
60
|
|
3
|
Gastroschisis
|
67
|
85
|
|
4
|
Vanishing Gastroschisis
|
30
|
45
|
|
5
|
Gastroschisis
|
25
|
25
|
|
6
|
Gastroschisis
|
25
|
25
|
|
7
|
Gastroschisis
|
34
|
34
|
|
8
|
Gastroschisis
|
10
|
10
|
|
9
|
Necrotising enterocolitis
|
5
|
8
|
|
10
|
Necrotising enterocolitis
|
30
|
35
|
|
Mean
|
|
29.6
|
37
|