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Introduction: Sialendoscopy has emerged in the last decades as a groundbreaking technique, offering a minimally invasive approach for exploring and managing salivary gland disorders. More recently, the advent of chatbots, powered by advanced natural processing language and artificial intelligence algorithms, has revolutionized the way healthcare professionals and patients access and analyze medical information and potentially will support soon the clinical decision-making process., Materials and Methods: A prospective, cross-sectional study was designed to assess the level of agreement between Chat-GPT and 10 expert sialendoscopists aiming the capabilities of Chat-GPT to further improve the management of salivary gland disorders., Results: The mean level of agreement was 3.4 (SD: 0.69; Min: 2, Max: 4) for Chat-GPT's answers while it was 4.1 (SD: 0.56; Min: 3, Max: 5) for the group of EESS (p < 0.015). The overall Wilcoxon signed-rank test yielded a significance level of p < 0.026 when comparing the level of agreement between Chat-GPT and EESS. The mean number of therapeutic alternatives suggested by Chat-GPT was 3.33 (SD: 1.2; Min: 2, Max: 5), while it was 2.6 (SD: 0.51; Min: 2, Max: 3) for the group of EESS; p = 0.286 (95% CI - 0.385 to 1.320)., Conclusion: Chat-GPT represents a promising tool in the clinical decision-making process within the salivary gland clinic, particularly for patients who are candidates for sialendoscopy treatment. Additionally, it serves as a valuable source of information for patients. However, further development is necessary to enhance the reliability of these tools and ensure their safety and optimal use in the clinical setting., (© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.)

This document is a correction notice for an article titled "Exploring the potential of Chat-GPT as a supportive tool for sialendoscopy clinical decision making and patient information support" published in the European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. The correction states that the ethics declaration statement was missing from the original article and should have included information about the author Jerome R. Lechien's involvement as a guest editor of a special issue on 'ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery'. The original article has been updated to include this information. The publisher, Springer Nature, remains neutral regarding jurisdictional claims and institutional affiliations. The authors of the article are Carlos M. Chiesa-Estomba, Jerome R. Lechien, Luigi A. Vaira, Aina Brunet, Giovanni Cammaroto, Miguel Mayo-Yanez, Alvaro Sanchez-Barrueco, and Carlos Saga-Gutierrez. [Extracted from the article]