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RETRACTION: Effect of Chinese Herbal Topical Medicine, Acupuncture, and Moxibustion on Pressure Ulcer Wound Healing: A Meta‐Analysis
TL;DR
A retracted study claimed Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture, and moxibustion improved pressure ulcer healing, but it was based on a flawed peer review.
Contribution
The paper's findings are invalid due to a compromised peer review process.
Findings
The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
No valid new evidence was contributed to pressure ulcer treatment research.
Abstract
RETRACTION: WangF. , ChenM. , and DuJ. , “Effect of Chinese Herbal Topical Medicine, Acupuncture, and Moxibustion on Pressure Ulcer Wound Healing: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal 19, no. 8 (2022): 2031–2038, 10.1111/iwj.13803.35396823 PMC9705186 The above article, published online on 09 April 2022, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.
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Taxonomy
TopicsPressure Ulcer Prevention and Management · Wound Healing and Treatments · Surgical site infection prevention
RETRACTION:
F. Wang , M. Chen , and J. Du , “Effect of Chinese Herbal Topical Medicine, Acupuncture, and Moxibustion on Pressure Ulcer Wound Healing: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal 19, no. 8 (2022): 2031–2038, 10.1111/iwj.13803.35396823 PMC9705186
The above article, published online on 09 April 2022, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.