# RETRACTION: Effect of Rapid Rehabilitation Care on Surgical Site Wound Infection and Pain in Patients With Intertrochanteric Femoral Fractures: A Meta‐Analysis

PMC · DOI: 10.1111/iwj.70285 · 2025-03-03

## TL;DR

This retracted study claimed rapid rehabilitation care reduces infection and pain after hip fractures, but was withdrawn due to flawed peer review.

## Contribution

The paper was retracted, indicating no novel contribution to medical knowledge.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
- No valid findings remain as the study is retracted.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

LiJ.‐H.
, 
LiP.
, and 
LiY.
, “Effect of Rapid Rehabilitation Care on Surgical Site Wound Infection and Pain in Patients with Intertrochanteric Femoral Fractures: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 4 (2024): e14540, 10.1111/iwj.14540.38069603
PMC10961049

The above article, published online on 09 December 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Following an investigation by the publisher, all parties have concluded that this article was accepted solely on the basis of a compromised peer review process. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** Pain (MESH:D010146), Intertrochanteric Femoral Fractures (MESH:D006620), Wound Infection (MESH:D014946)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC11875644