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01-04-2017 | Erratum
Erratum to: Multicenter Prospective Study on the Safety of Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Procedures in Antithrombotic Drug Users
Published in: Digestive Diseases and Sciences | Issue 4/2017
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The article, Multicenter Prospective Study on the Safety of Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Procedures in Antithrombotic Drug Users by Yoshiyasu Kono, Minoru Matsubara, Tatsuya Toyokawa, Ryuta Takenaka, Seiyu Suzuki Junichirou Nasu, Masao Yoshioka, Masahiro Nakagawa, Motowo Mizuno, Hiroyuki Sakae, Makoto Abe, Tatsuhiro Gotoda, Ko Miura, Hiromitsu Kanzaki, and Masaya Iwamuro published online on January 3, 2017, in Digestive Diseases and Sciences, contains an error in Table 5. A revised version of Table 5 is below. The number of postoperative bleeding after EMR/ESD in multiple antithrombotic drug users contained an error.
Table 5
Incidence of bleeding after EMR/ESD
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Bleeding, n (%)
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P
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|---|---|---|
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Target organ
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Esophagus (n = 11)
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3 (27)
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0.69
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Stomach (n = 38)
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8 (21)
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|
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Number of antithrombotic drugs
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||
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Single (n = 28)
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4 (14)
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0.17
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Multiple (n = 21)
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7 (33)
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|
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Cessation of antithrombotic drugs
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||
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Cessation (n = 25)
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5 (20)
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0.74
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Without cessation (single continued) (n = 24)
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6 (25)
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|
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Heparin replacement
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||
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No (n = 33)
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7 (21)
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>0.99
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Yes (n = 16)
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4 (25)
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