Retraction Notice. Preoperative Pain Sensitization Is Associated With Postoperative Pillar Pain After Open Carpal Tunnel Release

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® was made aware of concerns about the integrity of the institutional review board (IRB) approval process regarding the article “Preoperative Pain Sensitization Is Associated With Postoperative Pillar Pain After Open Carpal Tunnel Release” [1]. Following that notification, CORR’s Editor-in-Chief inquired of the institution and the corresponding author.

This inquiry confirmed that the IRB approval document submitted with this manuscript was improperly modified by the authors, and CORR was not able to determine whether the work as performed and published was conducted with proper institutional ethical approval and oversight.

Accordingly, this article has been retracted by agreement of the authors and the Editor-in-Chief.