RETRACTION: A Systemic Review and a Meta‐Analysis on the Influences of Closed Incisions in Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery by Negative Pressure Wound Treatment Compared With Conventional Dressings

TL;DR

This retracted paper originally claimed negative pressure wound treatment is better than conventional dressings for orthopedic trauma surgery incisions.

Contribution

The paper's meta-analysis comparing wound treatments was found to be based on a compromised peer review process.

Findings

The article was retracted due to a flawed peer review process.

The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

The study's conclusions about wound treatment effectiveness are no longer considered valid.

Abstract

RETRACTION:

ZhangD.
and
HeL.
, “A Systemic Review and a Meta‐Analysis on the Influences of Closed Incisions in Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery by Negative Pressure Wound Treatment Compared with Conventional Dressings,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 1 (2023): 46–54, 10.1111/iwj.13835.35535660
PMC9797922

The above article, published online on 10 May 2022, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.