Erratum to: Surg Endosc DOI 10.1007/s00464-007-9707-9

(1) On 1st page of article, right-hand column, 4th paragraph, 7th line, change “(>20 cm)” to “(>15 cm)”.

(2) On 2nd page, Table 1 title, change “according to Chevrel [9]” to “modified from Chevrel [8, 9]”.

(3) On 6th page, left-hand column, 7th line from end of Discussion, change “since Chevrel defined as “giant” only hernias larger than 20 cm [29]” to “since Bernard considered as “giant” hernias with surface of 182 cm2 [19].”