Erratum to “Cost-benefit analysis comparing laparoscopic and open ventral hernia repair” [Cir. Esp. 92 (8) (2014) 553–560]

In the published article, author would like to regret the few errors made in Tables 4, 5 and 7. The corrected tables are given below:

Table 4.

Amount of prostheses (meshes) used according to sizes.

	Laparoscopy (DualMesh^® ePTFE)	Open (polypropylene)
10 × 15 cm	24 948	3451
15 × 18 cm	24 440	2916
>20 cm	26 352	7360
Total	75 740	13 727

Amounts expressed in Euros.

Table 5.

Cost of disposable surgical materials.

	Laparoscopy	Open
Laparoscopic trocars	5304	0
Helical mechanical sutures	44 100	0
Manual sutures	1085	4620
Suction drains	0	250
Total	50 489	4870

Amounts expressed in Euros.

Table 7.

Final cost comparison between the 2 techniques.

	Laparoscopy	Open
Cost of prosthesis (mesh)	75 740	13 727
Cost of fungible materials	50 489	4870
Cost of hospital stay	74 326	249 797
Total cost of procedures	200 555	288 787
Cost/patient	2865	4124
Savings per patient	−1259

Amounts expressed in Euros.