RETRACTION: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Uterine Exteriorization Versus In Situ Repair of The Uterine Incision During Cesarean Delivery.

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Retraction: W. El-Khayat, M. Elsharkawi, and A. Hassan, "A Randomized Controlled Trial of Uterine Exteriorization Versus In Situ Repair of The Uterine Incision During Cesarean Delivery," International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 127, no. 2 (2014): 163-166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.05.004. The above article, published online on 19 June 2014 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor-in-Chief, Michael Geary; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. UK. Concerns were raised by a third party regarding the randomized control trial, including the fact that the primary outcome of the study changed from the original study which received ethical approval. There were also changes in sample size and study design, and it was not clear whether these substantial changes received ethical approval. When clarification was requested from the authors, they failed to provide an adequate response to the concerns. As a result, the data and conclusions are considered unreliable, therefore the article must be retracted.