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This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief and the authors: please see Editorial Policies for Authors of the Journal of Gynecologic Oncology (https://ejgo.org/index.php?body=instructions).
The Editors of the Journal of Gynecologic Oncology recently recognized that the key idea and conclusion of the article were the same as those of the video article which was previously published in the Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology by the same research group [1]. The two articles share three co-authors including corresponding author.
The Editor-in-Chief communicated with the corresponding author Dr. Ying Zheng about this issue and decided to announce the following information to readers.
- The authors were not aware of the potential concern of duplicate publication until contacted by the Editors of the Journal of Gynecologic Oncology and this was unintended.
- The corresponding author Dr. Ying Zheng and all co-authors agreed to retract this article to avoid possible damage to the integrity of the scientific record. The authors sincerely apologize to the editors and the readership of Journal of Gynecologic Oncology for any inconvenience caused by their carelessness.