# RETRACTION: Four Cases of Abdominal Expander Implantation in Adult Chronic Osteomyelitis of Lower Extremity With Soft Tissue Defect and Literature Review

## TL;DR

This retracted paper originally discussed using abdominal expanders for treating chronic osteomyelitis in adults but was withdrawn due to a compromised peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper was retracted, so no new or novel contribution is valid.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.
- The retraction was agreed upon by the journal's Editor in Chief and publisher.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

ZhangX.
,
ChenY.
,
WangG.
,
DingP.
,
YangX.
, and
ZhaoZ.
, “Four Cases of Abdominal Expander Implantation in Adult Chronic Osteomyelitis of Lower Extremity With Soft Tissue Defect and Literature Review,” International Wound Journal
19, no. 8 (2022): 1980–1989, 10.1111/iwj.13798.35302286
PMC9705185

The above article, published online on 18 March 2022, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.