# RETRACTION: Study on the Risk Factors of Postoperative Wound Complications in Patients With Ankle Fracture

## TL;DR

A study on risk factors for postoperative wound complications in ankle fracture patients was retracted due to a compromised peer review and incomplete ethical approval.

## Contribution

The paper does not contribute new findings; it is a retraction notice due to ethical and procedural issues.

## 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- The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.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 the retraction notice.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

XiaoB.
,
LuM.
,
ChenX.
,
QiuD.
,
HeY.
, and
LiX.
, “Study on the Risk Factors of Postoperative Wound Complications in Patients With Ankle Fracture,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 4 (2024): e14845, 10.1111/iwj.14845.38584355
PMC10999563

The above article, published online on 07 April 2024, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.