RETRACTED: Comparison of arthroscopic reduction and percutaneous fixation and open reduction and internal fixation for tibial plateau fractures

Abstract

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/our-business/policies/article-withdrawal). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief. The authors purportedly reviewed seven randomised trials. However, on reviewing the included studies, it became clear that most (if not all, as some were not able to be retrieved or translated) were not randomised trials. The authors included observational studies as randomised trials and also included information (apparently extracted independently by two authors) that did not exist (e.g., the method of randomisation and the presence of allocation concealment) or was clearly false (e.g., assessor blinding). The Publisher would like to apologise to any readers who were misled by information contained in this article.

Keywords: Arthroscopic reduction and percutaneous fixation; Meta-analysis; Open reduction and internal fixation; Tibial plateau fractures.