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Retraction Note: The role of acute care surgeons in treating rib fractures—a retrospective cohort study from a single level I trauma center

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Retraction Note: BMC Surgery (2022) 22:271 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-022-01720-x


The Executive Editor has retracted this article since the authors were unable to provide the ethics approval documentation for this study. All authors agree to this retraction.

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    Chia-Cheng Wang, Szu-An Chen, Chi-Tung Cheng, Yu-San Tee, Sheng-Yu Chan, Chih-Yuan Fu, Chien-An Liao, Chi-Hsun Hsieh & Ling-Wei Kuo

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Wang, CC., Chen, SA., Cheng, CT. et al. Retraction Note: The role of acute care surgeons in treating rib fractures—a retrospective cohort study from a single level I trauma center. BMC Surg 23, 18 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-023-01915-w

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