# RETRACTION: Clinical Effects of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Pressure Ulcers: A Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

PMC · DOI: 10.1111/iwj.70668 · 2025-04-23

## TL;DR

This paper was retracted because it was accepted due to a compromised peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper was retracted, so no new contribution was made.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted by the journal editor and publisher.
- The peer review process was found to be compromised.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

GuoY.
, 
QiaoP.
, 
ZhangK.
, 
SunG.
, 
WangR.
, and 
YangX.
, “Clinical Effects of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Pressure Ulcers: A Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 2 (2024): e14694, 10.1111/iwj.14694.

The above article, published online on 28 January 2024, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** Pressure Ulcers (MESH:D003668)

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12015562