RETRACTED: Reducing blood loss at abdominal myomectomy with preoperative use of dinoprostone intravaginal suppository: a randomized placebo-controlled pilot study.
This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/our-business/policies/article-withdrawal).

This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief.

The editorial board has found that it was exceedingly unlikely that randomisation had been conducted properly for all the trials Dr. Shokeir has co-authored and documented a number of examples of data copying between tables in different studies. When these examples are taken together, in the view of the Editor-in-Chief it is likely that this trial authored by Dr Shokeir is based on fabricated data.

The journal has not received the original dataset or a satisfactory response from Dr Shokeir with an explanation regarding the stated concerns after several months, so the article must be retracted.
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Mansoura University Hospital, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt. tarekshokeir1@hotmail.com
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D000282:Administration, Intravaginal; D000328:Adult; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010120:Oxytocics / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011300:Preoperative Care; D013488:Suppositories; D063186:Uterine Myomectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*
D010120:Oxytocics; D013488:Suppositories; D015232:Dinoprostone