RETRACTION: Effect of Enhanced Recovery after Surgery Nursing on the Incidence of Surgical Site Wound Infection in Older Adults With Hip Fractures: A Meta‐Analysis

TL;DR

This retracted paper claimed that Enhanced Recovery after Surgery nursing reduces surgical site infections in older adults with hip fractures, but it was found to have been accepted due to a compromised peer review process.

Contribution

The paper's findings were invalidated due to a flawed peer review process and are not considered a valid contribution to the field.

Findings

The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.

The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

The study's conclusions about Enhanced Recovery after Surgery nursing are not reliable.

Abstract

RETRACTION:

LuX.
and
LiJ.
, “Effect of Enhanced Recovery after Surgery Nursing on the Incidence of Surgical Site Wound Infection in Older Adults With Hip Fractures: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 2 (2024): e14436, 10.1111/iwj.14436.PMC1082871637885328

The above article, published online on 26 October 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.