# RETRACTION: Treatment of Wound Infections Linked to Neurosurgical Implants

## TL;DR

This retracted paper on treating wound infections from neurosurgical implants was found to have used a compromised peer review process and significant text overlap with another article.

## Contribution

The paper was retracted due to ethical issues, not for any novel scientific contribution.

## Key findings

- The article was accepted due to a compromised peer review process.
- Significant textual overlap was found with a different article by other authors.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

WangY.
,
WangY.
, S.
WangS.,
Hou,
YuD.
,
ZhangC.
,
ZhangL.
, and
LinN.
, “Treatment of Wound Infections Linked to Neurosurgical Implants,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 4 (2024): e14528, 10.1111/iwj.14528.38098284
PMC10961032

The above article, published online on 14 December 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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. In addition, the investigation found significant textual overlap between this article and another article by different authors [1]. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.

Reference

[1]
ConenA.
,
RaabeA.
,
SchallerK.
,
FuxC. A.
,
VajkoczyP.
, and
TrampuzA.
, “Management of Neurosurgical Implant‐Associated Infections,” World Neurosurg
150, no. 1718 (2020): w20208, 10.4414/smw.2020.20208.32329803