RETRACTION: Effects of Loose Combined Cutting Seton Surgery on Wound Healing and Pain in Patients with High Anal Fistula: A Meta‐Analysis

TL;DR

This retracted paper originally claimed to analyze the effects of a surgical method on wound healing and pain in patients with high anal fistula.

Contribution

The paper aimed to present a meta-analysis of surgical outcomes, but was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.

Findings

The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.

No valid conclusions or findings can be drawn from the retracted paper.

Abstract

RETRACTION:

XiJ.
,
LiW.
,
LiT.
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CaoS.
,
WeiS.‐C.
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XuJ.‐C.
, and
BiY.‐H.
, “Effects of Loose Combined Cutting Seton Surgery on Wound Healing and Pain in Patients with High Anal Fistula: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 3 (2024): e14675, 10.1111/iwj.14675.38484699
PMC10940002

The above article, published online on 14 March 2024, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.