Twenty-four hours or 10 days? A prospective randomised controlled trial in children comparing head bandages following pinnaplasty
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Assessed on 4 Nov 2025
OverallReviewer's overall integrity assessment, derived from all research questions No concerns
DOI 10.1016/j.bjps.2006.01.011 (opens in new tab)
Resource ripekg:research-integrity-assessment/RIPEA4A3B3F4CC247B48D
5 Research Questions · 3 Evidence Items
Q1.1 — Does the study have an associated retraction?
Rationale: No rationale provided
Q1.2 — Does the study have an associated expression of concern or other relevant post-publication notice?
Rationale: No rationale provided
Q1.3 — Do other studies by the research team highlight causes for concern?
Rationale: The author highlighted above is not the same as the author of the analysed paper
Supporting Evidence (1)
Retraction NoticeSource: Retraction Watch database
Maintenance Methodologies Embraced for Railroad Systems: A Review
10.1155/2023/9830489 (opens in new tab)RetractionWatch ID:Record identifier in the Retraction Watch database 53470
Rationale: Fake Peer Review;Investigation by Journal/Publisher;Investigation by Third Party;Paper Mill;Unreliable Results and/or Conclusions
About Author: S Ramkumar
Q2.2 — Are there concerns relating to the timing or absence of study registration?
Rationale: No registration date or recruitment dates
Supporting Evidence (2)
Clinical Trial RegistrationSource: Clinical trial registry (e.g. ClinicalTrials.gov, ISRCTN)
No trial registration found
Assessment Rationale:How INSPECT-AI determined the prospective registration status by comparing dates LLM-extracted recruitment start date (normalized_date) is missing or empty.
Study Design EvidenceDates and timelines extracted by INSPECT-AI from the publication text
Recruitment Start: N/A
Recruitment Start Rationale:INSPECT-AI's reasoning for how it identified the recruitment start date No recruitment start date found after a full search of the document.
Recruitment End: N/A
Recruitment End Rationale:INSPECT-AI's reasoning for how it identified the recruitment end date No recruitment end date found after a full search of the document.
Study End: N/A
Study End Rationale:INSPECT-AI's reasoning for how it identified the study end date No study end date found after a full search of the document.
Overall — What is the overall integrity assessment of the study?
Rationale: Paper published in 2006 so not surprising registration and recruitment dates not reported