RETRACTION: Effectiveness of Nursing Intervention in the Operating Room to Prevent Pressure Ulcer and Wound Infection in Patients Undergoing Intertrochanteric Fracture: A Meta‐Analysis

TL;DR

This retracted paper claimed to analyze nursing interventions to prevent pressure ulcers and infections in hip fracture surgery patients.

Contribution

The paper's meta-analysis was found to be based on a compromised peer review process and has been retracted.

Findings

The paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.

The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

The study's claims about nursing interventions lack validity.

Abstract

RETRACTION:

QiuF.‐F.
and
HuangS.‐M.
, “Effectiveness of Nursing Intervention in the Operating Room to Prevent Pressure Ulcer and Wound Infection in Patients Undergoing Intertrochanteric Fracture: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 2 (2024): e14434, 10.1111/iwj.14434.PMC1082873137849027

The above article, published online on 17 October 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.