Retraction: Comparison of the Mini-Midvastus With the Mini-Medial Parapatellar Approach in Primary TKA

Notice of Retraction: Incorrect Data in “Comparison of the Mini-Midvastus With the Mini-Medial Parapatellar Approach in Primary TKA” (Orthopedics. 2010; 33[10]. http://www.orthosupersite.com/view.aspx?rid=70287)

To the Editor.—We write to retract the article, “Comparison of the Mini-Midvastus With the Mini-Medial Parapatellar Approach in Primary TKA,”¹ published in the October 2010 issue of Orthopedics. Although the majority of clinical data were accurate for the patients undergoing the 2 minimally invasive procedures in our study, not all patients received the Genesis II prosthesis, as reported in the article; some received the LPS-Flex prosthesis. Total knee arthroplasties through different minimally invasive approaches had been prospectively studied by a research team in our department, which included Junying Sun, MD. Total knee arthroplasties using the Genesis II knee prosthesis in this series were mainly performed by Dr Sun. However, all patients were prospectively followed by the co-authors. We submitted our article without communication with Dr Sun, which resulted in the errors reported in the article. Considering these inaccurate data, we withdraw our article from the literature.

Xi-gong Li
Tian-si Tang
Zhong-lai Qian
Li-xin Huang
Wen-ming Pan
Ruo-fu Zhu
First Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University
Suzhou, China

Reference

1. Li X, Tang T, Qian Z, Huang L, Pan W, Zhu R. Comparison of the mini-midvastus with the mini-medial parapatellar approach in primary TKA. Orthopedics. 2010; 33(10). http://www.orthosupersite.com/view.aspx?rid=70287.

doi: 10.3928/01477447-20101221-01