Retraction: clinical study on the effect of intramedullary fixation and extramedullary fixation on unstable intertrochanteric fractures
Retraction

Retraction: clinical study on the effect of intramedullary fixation and extramedullary fixation on unstable intertrochanteric fractures

Ximing Zhang1#, Aoxue Zhang2#, Xuefang Yang3

1Department of Orthopedics, Xiangyang Central Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Hubei University of Arts and Sciences, Xiangyang, China; 2Department of Nephrology, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China; 3Department of Orthopedics, Yingkou Central Hospital, Yingkou, China

#These authors contributed equally to this work.

Correspondence to: Xuefang Yang. Deputy Chief Physician, Master Supervisor, Department of Orthopedics, Yingkou Central Hospital, Yingkou 115002, China. Email: 13904170917@sina.com.

Submitted Apr 11, 2023. Accepted for publication Apr 14, 2023. Published online Apr 17, 2023.

doi: 10.21037/apm-2023-01


Retraction to: Ann Palliat Med 2021;10:12857-66

The article “Clinical study on the effect of intramedullary fixation and extramedullary fixation on unstable intertrochanteric fractures” (doi: 10.21037/apm-21-3635) published in the Volume 10 No. 12 (December 2021) issue has been retracted due to non-original content and deficiencies in the conduct of the study (1). The retraction is agreed by all the authors.

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References

  1. Zhang X, Zhang A, Yang X. Clinical study on the effect of intramedullary fixation and extramedullary fixation on unstable intertrochanteric fractures. Ann Palliat Med 2021;10:12857-66. [Crossref] [PubMed]
Cite this article as: Zhang X, Zhang A, Yang X. Retraction: clinical study on the effect of intramedullary fixation and extramedullary fixation on unstable intertrochanteric fractures. Ann Palliat Med 2023;12(3):658. doi: 10.21037/apm-2023-01

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