RETRACTED: Dexamethasone for reduction of nausea, vomiting and analgesic use after gynecological laparoscopic surgery

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal ( http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy ). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor‐in‐Chief. This article has been retracted as a result of evidence that the distributions of many variables reported by Dr Fujii in these studies could not have occurred by chance [1,2]; and the inability of Dr Fujii's institution, following investigation, to attest to the scientific propriety of the study and/or its data conducted under its auspices [3], as set out in the Joint Editor's‐in‐Chief Request for Determination of April 9, 2012 [4]: References [1] Carlisle, J.B., The analysis of 168 randomised controlled trials to test data integrity. Anaesthesia , 67 (2012) 521–537, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365‐2044.2012.07128.x. [2] Kranke, P., Apfel, C.C., Roewer, N., Fujii, Y., Reported data on granisetron and postoperative nausea and vomiting by Fujii et al. are incredibly nice! Anesth. Analg ., 90 (2000) 1004–1007. [3] http://www.ijgo.org/webfiles/images/journals/ijg/Investigation_into_research_by_Yoshitaka_Fujii_by_University_of_Tsukuba.pdf. [4] http://www.ijgo.org/webfiles/images/journals/ijg/Fujii_Joint_Editorial_Request_Regarding_Dr_Yoshitaka_Fujii[1].pdf.