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RETRACTION: Prophylactic Sacral Protective Dressings' Effect on Preventing Pressure Injury: A Meta‐Analysis

TL;DR
This retracted paper claimed to analyze how sacral dressings prevent pressure injuries but was accepted due to a flawed peer review process.
Contribution
The paper was retracted after being found to have bypassed proper peer review, with no new scientific contribution.
Findings
The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
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No valid conclusions or findings were presented.
Abstract
RETRACTION: GongX. and XuR. , “Prophylactic Sacral Protective Dressings' Effect on Preventing Pressure Injury: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal 19, no. 6 (2022): 1463–1470, 10.1111/iwj.13743.34962078 PMC9493227 The above article, published online on 27 December 2021, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.
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TopicsWound Healing and Treatments · Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management
RETRACTION:
X. Gong and R. Xu , “Prophylactic Sacral Protective Dressings' Effect on Preventing Pressure Injury: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal 19, no. 6 (2022): 1463–1470, 10.1111/iwj.13743.34962078 PMC9493227
The above article, published online on 27 December 2021, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.
