Article Title: “Peritonitis from Perforated Peptic Ulcer and Immune Response”
Authors: Mario Schietroma, Federica Piccione, Francesco Carlei, Federico Sista, Emanuela Marina Cecilia and Gianfranco Amicucci
Journal: Journal of Investigative Surgery
Bibliometrics: Volume 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 294–304
DOI: 10.3109/08941939.2012.762073
Publisher: Informa Healthcare USA, Inc.
We, the Editors and Publisher of Journal of Investigative Surgery are retracting the following article:
Mario Schietroma, Federica Piccione, Francesco Carlei, Federico Sista, Emanuela Marina Cecilia & Gianfranco Amicucci. “Peritonitis from Perforated Peptic Ulcer and Immune Response”, Journal of Investigative Surgery 26.5 (2013): 294–304 http://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3109/08941939.2012.762073
We are now cognizant that this article contains portions of text and data without proper attribution and credit from an article published in World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. The article “Systemic inflammation and immune response after laparotomy vs laparoscopy in patients with acute cholecystitis, complicated by peritonitis” (World J Gastrointest Surg. Apr 27, 2013; 5(4): 73–82) was submitted prior to “Peritonitis from Perforated Peptic Ulcer and Immune Response.”
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