RETRACTION: Effects of Laparoscopic Splenectomy on Surgical Site Wound Infection in Patients With Spleen Rupture: A Meta‐Analysis

TL;DR

This retracted paper originally claimed to analyze laparoscopic splenectomy's impact on wound infections in spleen rupture patients.

Contribution

The paper's findings and conclusions are invalidated due to a compromised peer review process.

Findings

The paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.

No valid findings remain as the article is retracted.

Abstract

RETRACTION:

DengY.
,
ZhangX.
,
LiA.
,
ZhaoY.
, and
YeL.
, “Effects of Laparoscopic Splenectomy on Surgical Site Wound Infection in Patients With Spleen Rupture: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 2 (2024): e14440, 10.1111/iwj.14440.PMC1082812137872696

The above article, published online on 23 October 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.