# RETRACTION: Efficacy and Safety of Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Local Wound Infiltration Anaesthesia: A Meta‐Analysis With Trial Sequential Analysis of 23 Randomised Controlled Trials

## TL;DR

A paper claiming to analyze the effectiveness and safety of using dexmedetomidine with local anesthesia was retracted due to a flawed peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper itself was retracted, so no novel contribution is presented.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted after an investigation found the peer review process was compromised.
- The retraction was agreed upon by the journal's Editor in Chief and publisher.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

RenY.
,
WeiM.
,
LiuH.
,
WangY.
,
ChenH.
,
LiZ.
,
ShiW.
, and
YouF.
, “Efficacy and Safety of Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Local Wound Infiltration Anaesthesia: A Meta‐Analysis with Trial Sequential Analysis of 23 Randomised Controlled Trials,” International Wound Journal
18, no. 1 (2021): 32–48, 10.1111/iwj.13517.33169515
PMC7949019

The above article, published online on 9 November 2020, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.