# RETRACTION: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Compared with Conventional Wound Dressings for Closed Incisions in Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis

## TL;DR

This retracted paper claimed negative pressure wound therapy was better than traditional dressings for orthopedic wounds, but it was withdrawn due to fake peer review.

## Contribution

The paper was retracted after being accepted through a compromised peer review process.

## Key findings

- The paper was retracted due to a fake peer review process.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.
- The study's conclusions about wound therapy are not trustworthy.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

XieW.
,
DaiL.
,
QiY.
, and
JiangX.
, “Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Compared with Conventional Wound Dressings for Closed Incisions in Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
19, no. 6 (2022): 1319–1328, 10.1111/iwj.13726.34854236
PMC9493229

The above article, published online on 02 December 2021, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.