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

PMC · DOI: 10.1111/iwj.70287 · 2025-03-03

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The paper's meta-analysis was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.

## Key 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- The article was retracted after an investigation found issues with the peer review process.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The above article, published online on 17 January 2024, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** Wound Infection (MESH:D014946)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC11875651