RETRACTION: Desflurane anesthesia worsens emergence agitation in adult patients undergoing thyroid surgery compared to sevoflurane anesthesia (Retraction of Vol 3, art no 36, 2017)

The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article [1]. The ethics committee approval was granted for an observational study and the need for patient consent was waived. However, the study design described is a randomized controlled trial and therefore patient consent should have been obtained. All authors agree with this retraction.