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, Mohamed N. Mohesen, Ahmed Elhalwagy, Hoda Abdelaal, Maged Almohamady, Ali A. Abdellatif, Ahmed Alsawaf, Khaled Abdel Malek, Hala Nabil, Radwa M. Fahmy & Heba Wageih (2019) Subcuticular interrupted versus continuous skin suturing in elective cesarean section in obese women: a randomized controlled trial, The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 32(24), 4114–4119, DOI: 10.1080/14767058.2018.1481950
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.