Retraction to 'The complications of repeat median sternotomy in paediatrics: six-months follow-up of consecutive cases (Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:356-359)' †

This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief of Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery after a third party brought to his attention that a significant amount of text has been copied from the article “Risks of Repeat Sternotomy in Pediatric Cardiac Operations by Jennifer L. Russell, Jacques G. LeBlanc, Suvro S. Sett, and James E. Potts published in Ann Thorac Surg 1998;66:1575–8” without permission and proper acknowledgement of the source. The Editor-in-Chief apologises to the authors of the article published in the Annals of Thoracic Surgery and to the readers of this Journal.