Stesura Seveso Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia 2024; 96(1):12437 1 ORIGINAL PAPER This retracts the article “Effect of preoperative ureteral stenting on the surgical outcomes of patients with 1-2 cm renal stones managed by retrograde intrarenal surgery using a ureteral access sheath” (https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2023.12102) published on December 28, 2023. –––––––––––––––––––––––––– The undersigned Tamer Abouelgreed, as corresponding author and on behalf of the co-authors, requests the retraction of the above article because he has found that the wording used to present his original data has excessive similarities with the wording of a previously published article. Tamer A. Abouelgreed https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2024.12437 Retraction: Effect of preoperative ureteral stenting on the surgical outcomes of patients with 1-2 cm renal stones managed by retrograde intrarenal surgery using a ureteral access sheath Tamer A. Abouelgreed 1, 2, Mohamed A. Elhelaly 1, El-Sayed I. El-Agamy 1, Rasha Ahmed 1, Yasser M. Haggag 3, M. Abdelwadood 4, Salma F. Abdelkader 5, Sameh S. Ali 6, Naglaa M. Aboelsoud 7, Mosab F. Alassal 8, Gehad A. Bashir 9, Tarek Gharib 10 1 Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt; 2 Gulf medical university, Ajman; 3 Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Asyut., Egypt; 4 Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; 5 Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; 6 Department of Radiology, Sheikh Khalifa general Hospital, UAQ, UAE; 7 Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt; 8 Department of Vascular Surgery, Saudi German Hospital, Ajman, UAE; 9 Department of Urology, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE; 10 Department of Urology, Faculty of medicine, Benha University, Benha, Egypt. DOI: 10.4081/aiua.2024.12437