title: Notice of retraction.
abstract: The author of the following article has requested that it be retracted from publication in British Journal of Neurosurgery : Sri D. The management of spinal dural fistulas: a 13-year retrospective analysis. British Journal of Neurosurgery 2013;27(4):471 – 4. The retraction has been requested on the grounds that the study leaders had not participated in or agreed to the submitted article. The retraction is not made on the basis of any concerns with the data or findings of the study. D. Sri sincerely apologises for the inconvenience caused.