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Retraction: colon and rectal surgery for cancer without mechanical bowel preparation: one-center randomized prospective trial

Stefano Scabini*, Edoardo Rimini, Emanuele Romairone, Renato Scordamaglia, Giampiero Damiani, Davide Pertile and Valter Ferrando

Author Affiliations

Unit of Surgical Oncology, Department of Emato-Oncology, San Martino Hospital, Genoa, Italy

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World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012, 10:196 doi:10.1186/1477-7819-10-196


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Received:18 September 2012
Accepted:18 September 2012
Published:20 September 2012

© 2012 Scabini et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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Retraction

Retraction

The authors have retracted this article [1] because it contains large portions of text that have been duplicated from another article previously published in Annals of Surgery [2]. The authors apologise to the Editors and readers as well as the authors of the original article.

References

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    One Center Randomized Prospective Trial 2010, 8:35. OpenURL

  2. Zmora O, Mahajna A, Bar-Zakai B, Rosin D, Hershko D, Shabtai M, Krausz M, Ayalon A: Colon and Rectal Surgery Without Mechanical Bowel Preparation.

    A Randomized Prospective Trial 2003, 237(3):363-367. OpenURL