RETRACTION: Effects of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy on Surgical Site Wound Infections after Cardiac Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis

TL;DR

This paper was retracted because it was accepted based on a compromised peer review process.

Contribution

The paper has no valid contribution as it was retracted due to peer review issues.

Findings

The article was retracted by the journal editor and publisher.

The peer review process was found to be compromised.

The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

Abstract

RETRACTION:

TaoY.
,
ZhangY.
,
LiuY.
, and
TangS.
, “Effects of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy on Surgical Site Wound Infections after Cardiac Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 2 (2024): e14398, 10.1111/iwj.14398.PMC1082459837740679

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above article, published online on 23 September 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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