# RETRACTION: Clinical Efficacy of Flap Transplantation Combined With Vacuum Sealing Drainage and Methylprednisolone and Cyclosporine in the Treatment of Pyoderma Gangrenosum

## TL;DR

This retracted study claimed to evaluate a treatment for pyoderma gangrenosum but was found to have used a flawed peer review process and incomplete ethical information.

## Contribution

The paper's contribution is null due to retraction, as it was found to be based on a compromised peer review and incomplete ethical approval.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
- Incomplete ethical approval information was found during the investigation.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

HaoY.
,
HeJ.
,
ZhaoZ.
,
LiC.
, and
FengZ.
, “Clinical Efficacy of Flap Transplantation Combined With Vacuum Sealing Drainage and Methylprednisolone and Cyclosporine in the Treatment of Pyoderma Gangrenosum,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 5 (2023): 1491–1497, 10.1111/iwj.14003.36321334
PMC10088856

The above article, published online on 02 November 2022, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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. In addition, the investigation found that the authors provided incomplete ethical approval information for the study. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.