# RETRACTION: A Meta‐Analysis Comparing the Effects of Cemented and Uncemented Prostheses on Wound Infection and Pain in Patients With Femoral Neck Fractures

PMC · DOI: 10.1111/iwj.70311 · 2025-03-06

## TL;DR

This retraction notice explains that a paper comparing cemented and uncemented prostheses was retracted due to a flawed peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper's findings are invalidated due to a compromised peer review process.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted after an investigation revealed a flawed peer review process.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.
- The retraction was agreed upon by the journal editor and publisher.

## Abstract

RETRACTION: 
XuZ.
, 
ZhangK.
, 
ChengK.
, 
SunG.
, 
ZhangY.
, and 
JiaJ.
, “A Meta‐Analysis Comparing the Effects of Cemented and Uncemented Prostheses on Wound Infection and Pain in Patients With Femoral Neck Fractures,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 10 (2023): 4122–4129, 10.1111/iwj.14306.37555547
PMC10681411

The above article, published online on 09 August 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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:** Femoral Neck Fractures (MESH:D005265), Wound Infection (MESH:D014946), Pain (MESH:D010146)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC11884899