RETRACTION: Effects of High Tibial Osteotomy Compared With Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty on the Surgical Site Wound Infection and Pain in Patients With Medial Knee Osteoarthritis

TL;DR

This retracted paper compared two knee treatments for infection and pain but was withdrawn due to flawed peer review.

Contribution

The paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review process and lack of author response.

Findings

The article was retracted after an investigation revealed a flawed peer review.

The authors did not respond to the retraction notice from the journal.

Abstract

RETRACTION:

LiJ.
,
ZhangY.
,
ChenY.
,
LiY.
,
DaiB.
, and
LiuP.
, “Effects of High Tibial Osteotomy Compared With Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty on the Surgical Site Wound Infection and Pain in Patients With Medial Knee Osteoarthritis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 3 (2024): e14773, 10.1111/iwj.14773.38477639
PMC10936230

The above article, published online on 13 March 2024, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.