# RETRACTION: Surgical Site Wound Infection and Wound Pain after Video‐Assisted Thoracoscopy in Patients With Lung Cancer: A Meta‐Analysis

## TL;DR

This retracted paper originally claimed to analyze wound infection and pain after a lung cancer surgery, but it was accepted due to a flawed peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review process and does not contribute new findings.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted after an investigation found the peer review process was compromised.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.
- The retraction was agreed upon by the journal's editor and publisher.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

ZhouJ.
,
RenZ.
,
GaoX.
, and
ZhouX.
, “Surgical Site Wound Infection and Wound Pain after Video‐Assisted Thoracoscopy in Patients with Lung Cancer: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 9 (2023): 3898–3905, 10.1111/iwj.14237.37293742
PMC10588326

The above article, published online on 09 June 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.