RETRACTION: Influence of Urinary Tract Infections on the Incidence of Surgical Site Infections Following Hip Fracture Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

TL;DR

This retracted study claimed to examine how urinary tract infections affect surgical site infections after hip fracture surgery.

Contribution

The paper's meta-analysis was found to be based on a compromised peer review process and has been retracted.

Findings

The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.

No valid findings remain as the study is retracted.

Abstract

RETRACTION:

MouZ.
,
XiangL.
, and
NiY.
, “Influence of Urinary Tract Infections on the Incidence of Surgical Site Infections Following Hip Fracture Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 4 (2024): e14823, 10.1111/iwj.14823.38512113
PMC10956539

The above article, published online on 21 March 2024, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.