This notice is a formal correction to a PLOS ONE research article titled "The impact of perioperative positive fluid balance on postoperative acute kidney injury in patients undergoing open hepatectomy: A retrospective single center cohort study." The correction was published by PLOS ONE on September 1, 2026 (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0357444). It addresses errors in the original article’s author attribution and affiliation listing.
The correction does not report changes to the study data, analyses, results, or conclusions. No additional errata concerning the content of the study methodology or outcomes are detailed in this correction notice.
The correction specifies that "All authors should not have been attributed equal contribution to this work." In other words, the original article’s indication that authors contributed equally was incorrect. The notice does not provide further details about the corrected contribution assignments, the specific authors affected beyond the general statement, or the revised author-contribution breakdown.
Because the correction does not include the amended contribution statement or a contributor-by-contributor breakdown, readers who require the precise, corrected attribution must consult the journal’s records or contact the corresponding author or journal for the definitive contribution details. Those specifics were not reported in the correction notice.
The correction amends one author affiliation. It states that the affiliation for the seventh author, Warangkana Lapisatepun, was listed incorrectly in the original publication. The corrected affiliation for Warangkana Lapisatepun is:
The correction indicates that the author should be associated with affiliation #1 rather than affiliation #4 as printed in the original article. The notice does not report any other affiliation changes for other authors.
The correction explicitly refers to the original research article and provides its citation information: Phothikun N, Pantatong O, Kulpanun M, Wongpunkamol S, Lapisatepun W, Phothikun A, et al. The impact of perioperative positive fluid balance on postoperative acute kidney injury in patients undergoing open hepatectomy: A retrospective single center cohort study. PLoS One. 2025;20(4):e0319856. pmid:40168322. The correction links the two records so readers can review the primary study that examined the relationship between perioperative positive fluid balance and postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI) after open hepatectomy.
The correction is identified as pertaining to that original article and provides the DOI linking to the correction record (10.1371/journal.pone.0357444) as well as the DOI for the original article (10.1371/journal.pone.0319856) where applicable.
The correction is published under an open-access Creative Commons Attribution License, permitting redistribution and reuse provided the original authors and source are credited. The correction notice includes CrossMark metadata to indicate the record has been updated.
Readers who need further clarification about the corrected author contributions or any other potential administrative updates should consult the journal’s official correction page, the linked original article record, or contact PLOS ONE editorial staff. The correction notice itself does not provide the granular details of the revised author-contribution statements beyond stating the equal-contribution attribution was incorrect, nor does it give additional context about why the error occurred.
Readers seeking the corrected, detailed author-contribution declarations or institutional affiliation confirmations should refer to the PLOS ONE correction page and the original article’s record or contact the journal for the full, authoritative details.