# RETRACTION: The Effect of Dexmedetomidine on Postoperative Wound Healing in Neurosurgical Patients: A Meta‐Analysis

## TL;DR

This retracted paper claimed to analyze how dexmedetomidine affects wound healing in neurosurgery patients, but it was found to have bypassed proper peer review.

## Contribution

The paper's findings are invalid due to a compromised peer review process and has been officially retracted.

## Key findings

- The paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.
- The study's conclusions cannot be trusted due to the retraction.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

ZhuC.
,
CaoD.
,
ChenL.
,
ZhengX.
, and
LinD.
, “The Effect of Dexmedetomidine on Postoperative Wound Healing in Neurosurgical Patients: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 4 (2024): e14585, 10.1111/iwj.14585.38148721
PMC10961872

The above article, published online on 26 December 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.