# RETRACTION: Optimising Wound Care for Patients with Cirrhosis: A Study of the Effect of Combination Therapy on Wound Healing

## TL;DR

This retracted paper claimed to study wound healing in cirrhosis patients using combination therapy but was found to have issues with peer review and incomplete ethics information.

## Contribution

The paper's findings and methodology are invalidated due to a compromised peer review process and incomplete ethical approval.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
- Incomplete ethical approval information was provided by the authors.
- The authors did not respond to retraction notices.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

LinX.
,
SuJ.
, and
YangZ.
, “Optimising Wound Care for Patients with Cirrhosis: A Study of the Effect of Combination Therapy on Wound Healing,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 2 (2024): e14727, 10.1111/iwj.14727.38356305
PMC10867491

The above article, published online on 14 February 2024, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.