# RETRACTION: Complications of Hidradenitis Suppurativa After Surgical Management: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

## TL;DR

This retracted paper originally aimed to analyze complications of hidradenitis suppurativa after surgery but was found to have issues with peer review and text overlap.

## Contribution

The paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review process and textual overlap with another article.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted after an investigation found it was accepted due to a compromised peer review.
- Textual overlap was identified between the Introduction and Discussion sections of this article and another unrelated paper.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

TangB.
,
HuangZ.
,
YiQ.
, and
ZhengX.
, “Complications of Hidradenitis Suppurativa After Surgical Management: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 4 (2023): 1253–1261, 10.1111/iwj.13945.36207796
PMC10031239

The above article, published online on 07 October 2022, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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 textual overlap within the Introduction and Discussion sections 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.

References

[1]
MehdizadehA.
,
HazenP. G.
,
BecharaF. G.
, et al., “Recurrence of Hidradenitis Suppurativa after Surgical Management: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis,” Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 73, no. 5, Supplement 1 (2015): S70–S77, 10.1016/j.jaad.2015.07.044.26470621