RETRACTION: Surgical Site Infection Following Traumatic Orthopaedic Surgeries in Geriatric Patients: Incidence and Prognostic Risk Factors

TL;DR

This retracted paper originally aimed to study surgical site infections in elderly patients after orthopedic surgeries and their risk factors.

Contribution

The paper has been retracted due to a compromised peer review process and does not contribute valid findings.

Findings

The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.

No valid findings or conclusions are reported as the retraction invalidates the study.

Abstract

RETRACTION:

LeJ.
,
DongZ.
,
LiangJ.
,
ZhangK.
,
LiY.
,
ChengM.
, and
ZhaoZ.
, “Surgical Site Infection Following Traumatic Orthopaedic Surgeries in Geriatric Patients: Incidence and Prognostic Risk Factors,” International Wound Journal
17, no. 1 (2020): 206–213, 10.1111/iwj.13258.31730274
PMC7949393

The above article, published online on 15 November 2019, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.