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RETRACTION: Effect of Serologic Malnutrition on Postoperative Wound Infection Problems After Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Meta‐Analysis

TL;DR
This retracted paper claimed to analyze how malnutrition affects wound infections after joint surgery, but it was found to have used a flawed peer review process.
Contribution
The paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review process and lacks valid scientific contribution.
Findings
The article was accepted based on a flawed peer review process.
The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.
The retraction was agreed upon by the journal editor and publisher.
Abstract
RETRACTION: ZhangD. and ZhangX. , “Effect of Serologic Malnutrition on Postoperative Wound Infection Problems After Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal 20, no. 2 (2023): 261–268, 10.1111/iwj.13869.35833263 PMC9885483 The above article, published online on 14 July 2022, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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
TopicsOrthopedic Infections and Treatments · Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty · Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
RETRACTION:
D. Zhang and X. Zhang , “Effect of Serologic Malnutrition on Postoperative Wound Infection Problems After Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal 20, no. 2 (2023): 261–268, 10.1111/iwj.13869.35833263 PMC9885483
The above article, published online on 14 July 2022, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.
