# RETRACTION: Fracture‐Related Wound Infections Following Surgical Treatment of Fractures in HIV‐Positive and HIV‐Negative Patients: A Meta‐Analysis

PMC · DOI: 10.1111/iwj.70383 · 2025-03-21

## TL;DR

This paper was retracted because it was accepted due to a compromised peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper does not contribute new findings as it has been retracted.

## Key findings

- The article was accepted based on a compromised peer review process.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.
- The retraction was agreed upon by the journal editor and publisher.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

ChenH.
, 
ZhuY.
, and 
ChenQ.
, “Fracture‐Related Wound Infections Following Surgical Treatment of Fractures in HIV‐Positive and HIV‐Negative Patients: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 1 (2024): e14336, 10.1111/iwj.14336.37705307
PMC10784629

The above article, published online on 13 September 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** Fracture (MESH:D050723), Wound Infections (MESH:D014946)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606], Human immunodeficiency virus 1 (no rank) [taxon 11676]

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC11928190