# RETRACTION: Effect of Stem Cell Treatment on Burn Wounds: A Systemic Review and a Meta‐Analysis

## TL;DR

This retracted paper originally claimed stem cell treatment improves burn wounds but was found to have used a flawed peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper's findings and conclusions are invalid due to a compromised peer review process.

## Key findings

- The paper was retracted due to a flawed peer review process.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.
- The study's conclusions about stem cell treatment for burn wounds are not reliable.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

QiaoY.
,
ZhangQ.
,
PengY.
,
QiaoX.
,
YanJ.
,
WangB.
,
ZhuZ.
,
LiZ.
, and
ZhangY.
, “Effect of Stem Cell Treatment on Burn Wounds: A Systemic Review and a Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 1 (2023): 8–17, 10.1111/iwj.13831.35560869
PMC9797938

The above article, published online on 13 May 2022, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.