# RETRACTION: Risk Factors for Postoperative Surgical Site Wound Problems after Metastatic and Primary Spine Tumour Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis

## TL;DR

This retracted paper originally aimed to identify risk factors for surgical site wound problems after spine tumor surgery.

## Contribution

The paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review process and significant textual overlap with another article.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
- Significant textual overlap was found with another article by different authors.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:
ZhuJ.
,
SiM.
, and
HuangZ.
, “Risk Factors for Postoperative Surgical Site Wound Problems after Metastatic and Primary Spine Tumour Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 8 (2023): 3006–3014, 10.1111/iwj.14175.37118927
PMC10502245

The above article, published online on 28 April 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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. In addition, the investigation found significant textual overlap between the methods and discussions sections of this article and another article by different authors [Xue et al. 2023 [https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.14136]). The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.