# RETRACTION: Effect of Barbed versus Standard Sutures on Wound Complications in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Meta‐analysis

## TL;DR

A paper comparing barbed and standard sutures in knee surgery was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper's retraction highlights issues with the peer review process and its impact on published research.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted after an investigation found a compromised peer review.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.
- The retraction was agreed upon by the journal editor and publisher.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

WangY.
,
XuH.
,
ZhaoY.
,
WangT.
,
ZhouH.
, “Effect of Barbed versus Standard Sutures on Wound Complications in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Meta‐analysis,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 10 (2023): 4130–4137, 10.1111/iwj.14307.37519132
PMC10681399

The above article, published online on 31 July 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.