RETRACTION: The Effects of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery on Wound Infection, Complications, and Postoperative Hospital Stay in Patients Undergoing Colorectal Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

TL;DR

This retracted paper originally claimed that enhanced recovery after surgery reduced complications and hospital stays in colorectal surgery patients.

Contribution

The paper's findings are invalid due to a compromised peer review process and have been retracted by the publisher.

Findings

The paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.

The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

The study's conclusions about enhanced recovery protocols are not reliable.

Abstract

RETRACTION:

LiN.
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WeiS.
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QiY.
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WeiW.
, “The Effects of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery on Wound Infection, Complications, and Postoperative Hospital Stay in Patients Undergoing Colorectal Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 10 (2023): 3990–3998, 10.1111/iwj.14287.37650448
PMC10681523

The above article, published online on 31 August 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.