# RETRACTION: Clinical Efficacy of Ablative Laser Combined With Pulsed Dye laser in the Treatment of Pathological Scars: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

## TL;DR

This retracted paper claimed to review the effectiveness of combining two laser treatments for scars but was found to have used a flawed peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper originally aimed to present a systematic review and meta-analysis of laser treatments for pathological scars.

## Key findings

- The paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
- No valid conclusions about laser treatment efficacy can be drawn from this retracted work.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

TianY.
,
LiM.
,
ChengR.
,
YuanJ.
, and
Haol.
, “Clinical Efficacy of Ablative Laser Combined With Pulsed Dye laser in the Treatment of Pathological Scars: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 2 (2024): e14567, 10.1111/iwj.14567.

The above article, published online on 30 January 2024, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.