# RETRACTION: Effect of Tobacco Usage on Surgical Site Wound Problems After Primary Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Meta‐Analysis

## TL;DR

A paper claiming to analyze how tobacco use affects surgical wounds after hip and knee replacements was retracted due to a flawed peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper's retraction highlights issues with the peer review process and the need for improved oversight in scientific publishing.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.
- The retraction was agreed upon by the journal's editor and publisher.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

ZhuJ.
,
SiM.
, and
HuangZ.
, “Effect of Tobacco Usage on Surgical Site Wound Problems After Primary Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 1 (2024): e14375, 10.1111/iwj.14375.37675771
PMC10784423

The above article, published online on 07 September 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.