NOTIFICATION: Laparoscopic Ventral Rectopexy for External Rectal Prolapse is Safe and Effective in the Elderly. Does This Make Perineal Procedures Obsolete?

N. Wijffels, C. Cunningham, A. Dixon, G. Greenslade, and I. Lindsey, "Laparoscopic Ventral Rectopexy for External Rectal Prolapse is Safe and Effective in the Elderly. Does This Make Perineal Procedures Obsolete?," Colorectal Disease 13, no. 5 (2011): 561-566, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-1318.2010.02242.x. This notification is for the above article, published online on 24 March 2011 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), and has been issued by agreement between the journal Editor-in-Chief, Steven Brown; The Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. After the publication of an Expression of Concern for this article on March 25, 2025 (https://doi.org/10.1111/codi.70066), corresponding author Anthony Dixon was removed from the UK Medical Register on 6 August 2025 at the request of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS), as a result of the MPTS's investigation into allegations against Dr. Dixon. The notification has been agreed due to concerns raised regarding the legitimacy of the data reported and allegations of a lack of informed consent from patients who underwent the surgical procedure reported within. Therefore, the journal has decided to issue this notification to inform and alert the readers.