# RETRACTION: The Usefulness of Platelet‐Rich Plasma to Manage Skin Wounds: A Meta‐Analysis

## TL;DR

This retracted paper originally claimed platelet-rich plasma helps manage skin wounds, but it was withdrawn due to a flawed peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper's meta-analysis on platelet-rich plasma for skin wounds was retracted due to compromised peer review, not new findings.

## Key findings

- The paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
- No valid conclusions or findings remain from the original study.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:
ChiL.
,
WangQ.
,
ZhongW.
,
PanX.
, and
LiY.
, “The Usefulness of Platelet‐Rich Plasma to Manage Skin Wounds: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 8 (2023): 3123–3130, 10.1111/iwj.14188.37128184
PMC10502258

The above article, published online on 01 May 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Following an investigation by the publisher, all parties have concluded that this article was accepted solely on the basis of a compromised peer review process. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.