# RETRACTION: Effect of Suture Cosure and Staple Closure on Postoperative Wound Complications in Patients Undergoing Knee Replacement Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis

## TL;DR

This retracted paper originally claimed to compare wound complications from suture and staple closure in knee replacement surgery.

## Contribution

The paper's meta-analysis comparing suture and staple closure was found to be based on a compromised peer review process.

## Key findings

- The paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
- No valid conclusions can be drawn from the original findings.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

TangX.
,
ShiW.
,
QianY.
, and
GeZ.
, “Effect of Suture Cosure and Staple Closure on Postoperative Wound Complications in Patients Undergoing Knee Replacement Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 1 (2024): e14372, 10.1111/iwj.14372.37679956
PMC10782053

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above article, published online on 07 September 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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