# 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The paper was retracted after being found to have bypassed proper peer review, with no new scientific contribution.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.
- 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The above article, published online on 27 December 2021, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.