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RETRACTION: Effects of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy on Wound Infection and Healing in Patients with Open Fracture Wounds: A Meta‐Analysis

TL;DR
This retracted paper claimed negative pressure wound therapy improves healing in open fracture wounds but was accepted due to a flawed peer review process.
Contribution
The paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review process, revealing no valid new contribution.
Findings
The article was retracted after an investigation found the peer review process was compromised.
The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.
The paper's claims about wound therapy are considered unreliable.
Abstract
RETRACTION: XuN.‐L. and MiW. , “Effects of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy on Wound Infection and Healing in Patients with Open Fracture Wounds: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal 21, no. 2 (2024): e14757, 10.1111/iwj.14757. The above article, published online on 07 February 2024, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.
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TopicsSurgical Sutures and Adhesives
RETRACTION:
N.‐L. Xu and W. Mi , “Effects of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy on Wound Infection and Healing in Patients with Open Fracture Wounds: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal 21, no. 2 (2024): e14757, 10.1111/iwj.14757.
The above article, published online on 07 February 2024, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.
