Retraction notice: “Pipelle endometrial sampling versus conventional dilatation & curettage in patients with abnormal uterine bleeding” by Abdelazim IA, Aboelezz A, and Abdulkareem AF published in J Turk Ger Gynecol Assoc. 2013 Mar 1;14(1):1-5. doi: 10.5152/jtgga.2013.01 (1).
The Editors have retracted this Article. This decision was made following an investigation prompted by allegations raised by a third party. It has come to attention that a methodological counterpart of this article was published in another journal shortly thereafter, with overlapping patient recruitment periods between the two studies (2). The Editorial Board requested the authors to provide the raw datasets for verification. However, the authors were unable to supply the original files. Consequently, considering the detection of other duplication cases by the corresponding author, the Editorial Board has lost confidence in the validity of the article’s conclusions.
References
1. Abdelazim IA, Aboelezz A, Abdulkareem AF. Pipelle endometrial sampling versus conventional dilatation & curettage in patients with abnormal uterine bleeding. J Turk Ger Gynecol Assoc. 2013 Mar 1;14(1):1-5. doi:10.5152/jtgga.2013.01.
2. Abdelazim IA, Abdelrazak KM, Elbiaa AA, Al-Kadi M, Yehia AH. Accuracy of endometrial sampling compared to conventional dilatation and curettage in women with abnormal uterine bleeding. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2015 May;291(5):1121-6. doi:10.1007/s00404-014-3523-y.