The article “Rendezvous procedure for choledocholithiasis in a Canadian rural surgical service,” published on Apr. 11, 2023, has been retracted by its authors and by the journal.
After a letter of concern was received by the journal and discussed with the article’s authors, the authors reviewed their data and determined that a patient who experienced a serious adverse event after a 1-step rendezvous procedure undertaken during the period described in the article had been unintentionally misclassified. On learning this, CMAJ editors considered that, had the data been presented accurately, the editorial decision to publish would have been different.