# RETRACTION: Prevalence of Surgical Site Wound Infection After Spine Surgery in Nasal Colonization of Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus : A Meta‐Analysis

## TL;DR

This retracted study aimed to analyze the link between nasal colonization of MRSA and surgical site infections after spine surgery.

## Contribution

The paper's meta-analysis was retracted due to a compromised peer review and significant textual overlap with another study.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
- Significant textual overlap was found with another article on the same topic.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

ImamM. S.
,
Abdel‐SattarR. M.
,
AlqarniF.
,
AljumayiS. Y. S.
,
AltukhaisI.
,
AltukhaysA. S.
, and
AbdelrahimM. E. A.
, “Prevalence of Surgical Site Wound Infection After Spine Surgery in Nasal Colonization of Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 3 (2024): e14470, 10.1111/iwj.14470.37909167
PMC10898389

The above article, published online on 01 November 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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 [1]. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.

[1]
NingJ.
,
WangJ.
,
ZhangS.
, and
ShaX.
“Nasal colonization of Staphylococcus aureus and the risk of surgical site infection after spine surgery: a meta‐analysis” The Spine Journal
20, no. 3 (2020): 448–456, 10.1016/j.spinee.2019.10.009.31669610