# RETRACTION: Impact of Moist Wound Dressing on Wound Healing Time: A Meta‐Analysis

PMC · DOI: 10.1111/iwj.70566 · International Wound Journal · 2025-04-18

## TL;DR

This paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review process and methodological flaws in its analysis of moist wound dressing effects on healing time.

## Contribution

The paper originally aimed to provide a meta-analysis on wound healing time with moist dressings but was found to be invalid due to flawed peer review.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted after an investigation revealed a compromised peer review process.
- No valid conclusions or findings from the original study can be considered reliable.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

LiangZ.
, 
LaiP.
, 
ZhangJ.
, 
LaiQ.
, and 
HeL.
, “Impact of Moist Wound Dressing on Wound Healing Time: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 10 (2023): 4410–4421, 10.1111/iwj.14319.37465989
PMC10681401

The above article, published online on 19 July 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. A third party raised concerns about methodological flaws in this article. However, 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 indicate their agreement with the retraction.

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