RETRACTION: Effect of Incisional Negative Pressure Therapy and Conventional Treatment on Wound Complications After Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Controlled Studies

TL;DR

A paper claiming to compare wound treatments after trauma surgery was retracted due to a flawed peer review process.

Contribution

The retraction highlights issues with the peer review process and invalidates the study's conclusions.

Findings

The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.

The study's claims about wound treatment effectiveness are no longer valid.

The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

Abstract

RETRACTION:

LiP.
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LiJ.
, “Effect of Incisional Negative Pressure Therapy and Conventional Treatment on Wound Complications after Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Controlled Studies,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 10 (2023): 4291–4299, 10.1111/iwj.14331.37534409
PMC10681432

The above article, published online on 03 August 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.