# 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The paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review process and lacks valid scientific contribution.

## Key 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The above article, published online on 14 July 2022, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.