We, the Editors and Publisher of The Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine are issuing an expression of concern for the following article:
Ahmed M. Maged, Hany H. Kamel, Ahmad S. Sanad, Ahmad E. Mahram, Ameer A. AbdAllah, Reham Elkhateeb, Haitham A. Bhaa, Eman A. Hussein, Aimy Essam & Safaa Ibrahim (2021) The value of amniopatch in pregnancies associated with spontaneous preterm premature rupture of fetal membranes: a randomized controlled trial, The Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 34:2, 267–273, DOI: 10.1080/14767058.2019.1605348
After publication of this article, questions about the scientific integrity of the article were brought to the Publisher and Editors’ attention. We reached out to the authors to request their raw data, which they have kindly provided.
We have also referred concerns about this paper to the authors’ institution, in order to conduct a full investigation. As this investigation may take some time to resolve, we advise readers to interpret the information presented in the article with due caution.
The authors have been notified about this Expression of Concern.