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Retraction Notice to “Endophthalmitis Occurring After Cataract Surgery: Outcomes of More Than 480 000 Cataract Surgeries, Epidemiologic Features, and Risk Factors”(Ophthalmology (2016) 123(2) (295–301), (S0161642015008441), (10.1016/J.Ophtha.2015.08.023)) Publisher Pubmed



Jabbarvand M1 ; Hashemian H1 ; Khodaparast M1 ; Jouhari M1 ; Tabatabaei A1 ; Rezaei S2
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  1. 1. Department of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology Research Center, Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Ophthalmology, Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Iran

Source: Ophthalmology Published:2020


Abstract

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/our-business/policies/article-withdrawal). The editors wish to note that concerns were raised regarding coding errors in the data set that formed the basis of this study. Patient record numbers were found to be duplicated, so that the number of endophthalmitis cases was unclear as was the associated treatment, and the number of unique patients estimated to be far less than the 480,000 reported. Upon review of the information provided, Ophthalmology has determined the dataset to be flawed with unverifiable elements from which reliable conclusions cannot be drawn, and therefore has made the decision to issue a retraction of the manuscript. © 2015 American Academy of Ophthalmology