Retraction note to: Clinicopathologic features of allied disorders of Hirschsprung disease and status update

Abstract

This retraction note addresses the published article titled "Clinicopathologic features of allied disorders of Hirschsprung disease and status update". World J Gastrointest Surg 2025 Aug 27; 17(8): 104954.

Key Words: World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery; Retraction note

Core Tip: This is an author-initiated retraction request for the published article titled "Clinicopathologic features of allied disorders of Hirschsprung disease and status update". The primary reasons are that the submission lacked prior approval from the author's institution, and the authorship list incompletely omitted a key contributor who provided the core idea. The author sincerely apologizes to the readers, reviewers, editors, and to the supervisor whose contribution was overlooked for these errors and for any inconvenience caused by this retraction.

RETRACTION NOTE

Retraction note to: Lu M. Clinicopathologic features of allied disorders of Hirschsprung disease and status update. World J Gastrointest Surg 2025; 17(8): 104954[1]. The online version of the original article can be found at https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-9366/full/v17/i8/104954.htm.

The above article has been retracted at the request of the author. The retraction is based on the following reasons: (1) The manuscript was submitted and published under the author's institution without obtaining the required prior approval from that institution; and (2) The authorship list omitted a key contributor who provided the core idea and relevant literature.

The author sincerely apologizes to the readers, reviewers, editors, and the overlooked contributor for these errors and for any inconvenience caused.