# RETRACTION: The Effect of the Multiple Arterial Grafts Compared with Single Arterial Graft for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting on Sternal Wound Complications: A Meta‐Analysis

PMC · DOI: 10.1111/iwj.70214 · International Wound Journal · 2025-02-11

## TL;DR

A retraction notice for a study comparing multiple and single arterial grafts in coronary surgery due to a flawed peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper's findings and conclusions are invalidated due to a compromised peer review process.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted due to a flawed peer review process.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

## Abstract

RETRACTION: 
YangX.
, 
FuJ.
, and 
ZhangS.
, “The Effect of the Multiple Arterial Grafts Compared with Single Arterial Graft for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting on Sternal Wound Complications: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 8 (2023): 3249–3254, 10.1111/iwj.14204.37132096
PMC10502291

The above article, published online on 02 May 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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:** Sternal Wound Complications (MESH:C537489)

## Full text

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