# RETRACTION: Effect of Single‐Port Video‐Assisted Thoracoscopy on Surgical Site Wound Infection and Healing in Patients With Lung Cancer: A Meta‐Analysis

PMC · DOI: 10.1111/iwj.70300 · 2025-03-06

## TL;DR

This paper was retracted because it was accepted due to a compromised peer review process, and its findings are not reliable.

## Contribution

The paper does not contribute new knowledge, as it has been officially retracted by the publisher and editors.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
- The authors did not agree with the retraction but stated they were not responsible for the compromised peer review.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

WuW.
, 
ZhaoY.
, 
ZhangZ.
, 
JiangJ.
, 
FengC.
, 
QinD.
, 
ZhangC.
, 
XuZ.
, 
ZhangL.
, and 
LinF.
, “Effect of Single‐Port Video‐Assisted Thoracoscopy on Surgical Site Wound Infection and Healing in Patients with Lung Cancer: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 9 (2023): 3483–3490, 10.1111/iwj.14220.37193587
PMC10588324

The above article, published online on 16 May 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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 indicate their agreement with the retraction and made a statement that they were not responsible for the compromised peer review.

## Linked entities

- **Diseases:** Lung cancer (MONDO:0005138)

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** Lung Cancer (MESH:D008175), Wound Infection (MESH:D014946)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC11884898