By this notice, the Editor and the Publisher of European Journal of Pediatric Surgery retract from publication the following article: Cevizci N, Dokucu A I, Baskin D, Karadağ C A, Sever N, Yalçin M, Bahadir E, Başak M. Virtual bronchoscopy as a dynamic modality in the diagnosis and treatment of suspected foreign body aspiration. Eur J Pediatr Surg 2008; 18: 398-401. Epub 2008 Nov 20. This retraction is due to substantial overlap of data, subject matter and illustrations with the following article: Ozkurt H, Bahadir E, Ucgul A, Altuna C, Basak M, Cevizci N M, Dokucu A I. Comparison of multidetector computed tomography-virtual bronchoscopy and conventional bronchoscopy in children with suspected foreign body aspiration. Emerg Radiol Epub 2008 Nov 19. We apologise to our readership.