RETRACTION: The Impact of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy on Surgical Wound Infection, Hospital Stay and Postoperative Complications after Spinal Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis

TL;DR

This retracted study claimed to analyze the effects of wound therapy after spinal surgery but was found to have used a flawed peer review process.

Contribution

The paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review process, revealing issues in its publication integrity.

Findings

The article was retracted after an investigation found the peer review process was compromised.

The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

Abstract

RETRACTION:

LuS.
,
YuanZ.
,
HeX.
,
DuZ.
, and
WangY.
, “The Impact of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy on Surgical Wound Infection, Hospital Stay and Postoperative Complications after Spinal Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 1 (2024): e14378, 10.1111/iwj.14378.37697710
PMC10784618

The above article, published online on 11 September 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.