# RETRACTION: Effect of Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy on the Incidence of Surgical‐Site Wound Infection: A Meta‐Analysis

## TL;DR

This retracted paper claimed to analyze how laparoscopic surgery affects wound infections but was withdrawn due to flawed peer review.

## Contribution

The paper was retracted, indicating no valid new contribution to the field.

## Key findings

- The paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
- No findings are considered valid as the article was withdrawn by the journal.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

KongD.‐S.
,
ZhangH.‐L.
,
ZhaoX.‐L.
,
MengY.
,
ChaiW.
, and
WangZ.‐Y.
, “Effect of Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy on the Incidence of Surgical‐Site Wound Infection: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 9 (2023): 3682–3689, 10.1111/iwj.14259.37277912
PMC10588349

The above article, published online on 05 June 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.