RETRACTION: Proximal Femoral Nail Anti‐Rotation vs. Dynamic Hip Screws Decrease the Incidence of Surgical Site Infections in Patients With Intertrochanteric Fractures: A Meta‐Analysis

TL;DR

This retracted paper claimed that a specific surgical method reduced infections in hip fracture patients, but it was found to have used a flawed peer review process.

Contribution

The paper's findings were invalidated due to a compromised peer review process and are not considered reliable.

Findings

The article was retracted due to a flawed peer review process.

The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

The study's conclusions about surgical methods and infection rates are no longer valid.

Abstract

RETRACTION:

DaiP.
,
ZhouH.
,
MaoX.
,
LiuC.
,
WangZ.
, and
KangY.
, “Proximal Femoral Nail Anti‐Rotation vs Dynamic Hip Screws Decrease the Incidence of Surgical Site Infections in Patients with Intertrochanteric Fractures: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 8 (2022): 3212–3220, 10.1111/iwj.14200.PMC1050226037095692

The above article, published online on 24 April 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.