RETRACTION: Effects of Allogenic Acellular Dermal Matrix Combined With Autologous Razor‐Thin Graft on Hand Appearance and Function of Patients With Extensive Burn Combined With Deep Hand Burn

TL;DR

This retracted study examined the effects of combining allogenic acellular dermal matrix with autologous grafts on hand recovery in burn patients.

Contribution

The paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review process and incomplete ethical approval information.

Findings

The article was retracted after an investigation revealed a flawed peer review process.

Incomplete ethical approval information was found during the publisher's investigation.

Abstract

RETRACTION:

ShangF.
and
HouQ.
, “Effects of Allogenic Acellular Dermal Matrix Combined With Autologous Razor‐Thin Graft on Hand Appearance and Function of Patients With Extensive Burn Combined With Deep Hand Burn,” International Wound Journal
18, no. 3 (2021): 279–286, 10.1111/iwj.13532.33547855
PMC8243990

The above article, published online on 6 February 2021, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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. In addition, further investigation by the publisher 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.