RETRACTION: Safety and Efficacy of Pre-Incisional Peritonsillar Lornoxicam in Paediatric Post-Tonsillectomy Pain: A Prospective Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Split-Body Clinical Study.

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Retraction: H. S. Abdel-Ghaffar, H. G. Abdel-Azeem, and M. M. Roushdy, "Safety and Efficacy of Pre-Incisional Peritonsillar Lornoxicam in Paediatric Post-Tonsillectomy Pain: A Prospective Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Split-Body Clinical Study," Clinical Otolaryngology 40, no. 3 (2015): 219-226. https://doi.org/10.1111/coa.12351. The above article, published online on 17 November 2014 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor-in-Chief, James Tysome; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. A third party reported that the graph in Figure 2 included erroneous error bars as well as an implausible range of pain scores. An analysis by the publisher confirmed that the error bars in Figure 2 appear to be manually inserted and that there are missing error bars for the VRS24 time-point. The authors responded to a request for the original data by the publisher, but they were unable to provide the original data within an acceptable time-frame. The authors further stated that the graphical inconsistencies in Figure 2 reflect formatting limitations at the time of figure preparation. A review by the editors found that the fundamental conclusions of the paper rely on the postoperative pain score data presented in Figure 2. Because the figure shows missing data and manually edited elements, the conclusions are considered unreliable. Therefore, the parties agree that the article must be retracted. The authors disagree with the retraction.