Retraction Note: East and Central African Journal of Surgery (2024)[1]

The authors requested the retraction of this article following its peer review and publication due to errors in communication. The editorial team reviewed and approved the retraction request on 23 May 2024. The retracted article was initially published online on 29 April 2024 as an article in press and assigned to Volume 28, Issue 2, with 10.4314/ecajs.v28i2.1 as its digital object identifier.


  1. The original article can be found online at https://doi.org/10.4314/ecajs.v28i2.1