Retraction

“The impact of Manuka honey dressings on the surface pH of chronic wounds” by G.T. Gethin, S. Cowman and R.M. Conroy The above article from International Wound Journal, published online on 20 May 2008 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com) and in Volume 5, pages 185–194, has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding, and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The retraction has been agreed due to problems with the analysis of the scientific data in Table 1. The regression results presented in this table are strongly influenced by a high outlying value (the 16th patient in the table). When the results for this patient are omitted, the association between initial wound pH and wound size at the end of the study is no longer statistically significant ( P =0·132). As this relationship is pivotal to the conclusions of the paper, it is felt that the interests of patient care would be best served by a retraction.