# RETRACTION: Surgical Site Wound Infection and Pain After Laparoscopic Repeat Hepatectomy for Recurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma

## TL;DR

A paper about wound infection and pain after liver surgery was retracted due to a flawed peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper's retraction highlights issues with the peer review process and academic integrity.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted after an investigation revealed a compromised peer review.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

WangX.‐B.
,
LinJ.‐M.
,
ChenY.‐P.
, and
YeX.‐X.
, “Surgical Site Wound Infection and Pain after Laparoscopic Repeat Hepatectomy for Recurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 8 (2023): 3262–3270, 10.1111/iwj.14206.37086085
PMC10502282

The above article, published online on 22 April 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.