RETRACTION: Effects of Quality Nursing on the Surgical Site Wound Infections in Patients Undergoing Cardiothoracic Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis

TL;DR

This retracted study claimed quality nursing reduces surgical site infections in cardiothoracic surgery patients, but was retracted due to a compromised peer review.

Contribution

The paper's meta-analysis on nursing quality and surgical infections was retracted due to fraudulent peer review.

Findings

The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.

The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

The retraction was agreed upon by the journal editor and publisher.

Abstract

RETRACTION:

LvX.
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ZhouA.
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ChenM.
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QiC.
, and
ZhangQ.
, “Effects of Quality Nursing on the Surgical Site Wound Infections in Patients Undergoing Cardiothoracic Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 1 (2024): e14553, 10.1111/iwj.14553.38272809
PMC10789546

The above article, published online on 15 January 2024, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.