DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31820ded48
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PMID: 21610380
Issn Print: 0022-5282
Publication Date: 2011/03/01
Letter of Apology for Duplicate Publication
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I sincerely apologize for the unacceptable intellectual overlap and self- plagiarism of my article entitled “Delay in Diagnosis and Treatment of Blunt Intestinal Perforation Does not Adversely Affect Prognosis in the Pediatric Trauma Patient” published in the April 2010 Journal of Trauma—Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. It is significantly similar to an article I previously published in the January 2010 Journal of Pediatric Surgery. Both studies were derived from a multi-institutional database organized through the American Pediatric Surgical Association's Committee on Trauma and sought to determine the impact of delay in diagnosis of blunt intestinal injury in children. Unfortunately, I failed to appropriately reference the original work published in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery. Furthermore, in presenting the results of the two studies, I duplicated much of the Introduction, the structure of the Methods and Results sections, and the content of the Discussion section. Despite the data being original in each article, this is a clear violation of the policies of The Journal of Trauma—Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, The Journal of Pediatric Surgery, and publication ethics as provided by the Council on Publication Ethics.
Consequently, I as lead author request that this article be retracted because of my self-plagiarism. I sincerely regret any embarrassment that I have caused The Journal of Trauma—Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, The Journal of Pediatric Surgery, and my coauthors on the American Pediatric Surgical Association's Committee on Trauma.
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