# RETRACTION: Association Between Malnutrition and Surgical Site Wound Infection Among Spinal Surgery Patients: A Meta‐Analysis

## TL;DR

This paper was retracted because it was accepted due to a compromised peer review process and does not present valid findings.

## Contribution

The paper does not contribute new findings as it has been retracted due to ethical issues in the peer review process.

## Key findings

- The article was accepted based on a compromised peer review process.
- The retraction was agreed upon by the journal editor and publisher following an investigation.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

XieJ.
,
DuY.
,
TanZ.
, and
TangH.
, “Association Between Malnutrition and Surgical Site Wound Infection Among Spinal Surgery Patients: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 10 (2023): 4061–4068, 10.1111/iwj.14297.37391942
PMC10681542

The above article, published online on 30 June 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.