RETRACTION: Comparison of the Effects of Laparoscopic and Open Hysterectomy on Surgical Site Wound Infections in Patients With Endometrial Cancer: A Meta‐Analysis

TL;DR

A retracted study comparing laparoscopic and open hysterectomy for endometrial cancer found no significant difference in surgical site infections.

Contribution

The paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review process, indicating no valid new findings.

Findings

The study was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.

No valid conclusions can be drawn from the retracted paper.

Abstract

RETRACTION:

YangN.
and
ZhouF.
, “Comparison of the Effects of Laparoscopic and Open Hysterectomy on Surgical Site Wound Infections in Patients With Endometrial Cancer: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 2 (2024): e14415, 10.1111/iwj.14415.PMC1082462637743352

The above article, published online on 24 September 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.