# RETRACTION: Impact of Perioperative Enhanced Recovery After Surgery on Wound Infection in Patients Undergoing Orthopaedic Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis

PMC · DOI: 10.1111/iwj.70283 · 2025-03-03

## TL;DR

A paper claiming to analyze wound infections after orthopedic surgery was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper's findings are invalid and have been retracted by the publisher due to ethical concerns.

## 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- The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.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 in Chief and publisher.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

NiuG.‐X.
, 
LvA.‐H.
, 
PengY.‐J.
, and 
ZhangG.‐Q.
, “Impact of Perioperative Enhanced Recovery After Surgery on Wound Infection in Patients Undergoing Orthopaedic Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 4 (2024): e14555, 10.1111/iwj.14555.38158640
PMC10961859

The above article, published online on 29 December 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** Wound Infection (MESH:D014946)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC11875646