# RETRACTION: Clinical Study on Orthopaedic Treatment of Chronic Osteomyelitis With Soft Tissue Defect In Adults

PMC · DOI: 10.1111/iwj.70666 · 2025-04-23

## TL;DR

A clinical study on treating chronic osteomyelitis with soft tissue defects in adults has been retracted due to a compromised peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper does not contribute new findings as it has been retracted due to ethical issues in the peer review process.

## Key findings

- The article was accepted based on a compromised peer review process.
- The retraction was agreed upon by the journal editor and publisher after an investigation.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

ZhangX.
, 
YangX.
, 
ChenY.
, 
WangG.
, 
SingP.
, 
ZhaoZ.
, and 
BiH.
, “Clinical Study on Orthopaedic Treatment of Chronic Osteomyelitis With Soft Tissue Defect In Adults,” International Wound Journal
19, no. 6 (2022): 1349–1356, 10.1111/iwj.13729.34935287
PMC9493237

The above article, published online on 21 December 2021, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.

## Linked entities

- **Diseases:** osteomyelitis (MONDO:0005246)

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** Chronic Osteomyelitis (MESH:D010019), Soft Tissue Defect (MESH:D017695)

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12015207