RETRACTION: Impact of Wound Complications in Obese Versus Non‐Obese Patients Undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Meta‐Analysis

TL;DR

This retracted paper originally claimed to analyze wound complications in obese versus non-obese patients undergoing hip surgery.

Contribution

The paper has been retracted due to a compromised peer review process and no new valid contribution exists.

Findings

The article was retracted after an investigation found it was accepted due to a compromised peer review.

The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

Abstract

RETRACTION:

YangY.
,
ZhaoZ.
,
WangY.
,
GaoY.
,
SunH.
, and
LiuW.
, “Impact of Wound Complications in Obese Versus Non‐Obese Patients Undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 10 (2023): 4200–4207, 10.1111/iwj.14318.37518969
PMC10681413

The above article, published online on 30 July 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.