Retraction notice
=================


**Ramosetron compared with granisetron for the prevention of vomiting following strabismus surgery in children**

Yoshitaka Fujiia,1 Hiroyoshi Tanakaa,1 Mutsuko Itob2

1Department of Anaesthesiology, Toride Kyodo General Hospital, Toride City, Ibaraki, Japan, 2Department of Ophthalmology

**Correspondence to:** Yoshitaka Fujii, Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Tsukuba Institute of Clinical Medicine, 2-1-1, Amakubo, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki 305-8576, Japanyfujii@igaku.md.tsukuba.ac.jp

Notice of formal retraction of article by Dr Y. Fujii. This article is being retracted as a result of:

(1) Overwhelming evidence of fabrication, related to the fact that the distributions of many variables reported by Dr Fujii in these studies could not have occurred by chance;1 ,2 and

(2) The inability of Dr Fujii’s institutions to attest to the integrity of the study and/or its data conducted under their auspices, as set out in the Joint Editors-in-Chief Request for Determination of April 9, 2012.3

## References

1.  Carlisle JB. The analysis of 168 randomised controlled trials to test data integrity. *Anaesthesia* 2012;67:521–37.
    
    

2.  Kranke P, Apfel CC, Roewer N. Reported data on granisetron and postoperative nausea and vomiting by Fujii *et al.* are incredibly nice! Fujii Y, Response. *Anesth Analg* 2000;90:1004–7
    
    

3.  [http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our\_journals/bjaint/fujii\_joint\_editorial\_request\_regarding\_dr\_yoshitaka\_fujii.pdf](http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our\_journals/bjaint/fujii\_joint\_editorial\_request\_regarding_dr_yoshitaka_fujii.pdf)