RETRACTION: Effect of Continuous Nursing on Wound Infection and Quality of Life in Patients With Cancer‐Related Stoma: A Meta‐Analysis

TL;DR

This retracted paper claimed continuous nursing improves outcomes for cancer patients with stomas, but it was accepted due to a flawed peer review process.

Contribution

The paper's findings were invalidated due to a compromised peer review process.

Findings

The article was retracted after an investigation revealed a flawed peer review process.

The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

The study's conclusions about nursing effects are not reliable.

Abstract

RETRACTION:

WeiS.
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LiN.
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LiX.
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QiM.
, “Effect of Continuous Nursing on Wound Infection and Quality of Life in Patients with Cancer‐Related Stoma: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 10 (2023): 3974–3980, 10.1111/iwj.14285.37376826
PMC10681417

The above article, published online on 27 June 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.