RETRACTION: Effects of Fast‐Track Recovery Programme on the Surgical Site Wound Infection in Patients Undergoing Biliary Stones Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis

TL;DR

This retracted paper claimed to analyze how a fast-track recovery program affects wound infections after biliary stone surgery.

Contribution

The paper's meta-analysis was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.

Findings

The article was retracted after an investigation found issues with the peer review process.

The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

Abstract

RETRACTION:

ZhouA.
,
LvX.
,
WangL.
,
WangH.
, and
LuM.
, “Effects of Fast‐Track Recovery Programme on the Surgical Site Wound Infection in Patients Undergoing Biliary Stones Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 1 (2024): e14546, 10.1111/iwj.14546.38272815
PMC10794056

The above article, published online on 17 January 2024, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.