# RETRACTION: Impact of Robotic and Open Surgery on Patient Wound Complications in Gastric Cancer Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis

## TL;DR

This retracted study claimed to compare wound complications from robotic and open gastric cancer surgeries but was found to have used a compromised peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper's findings are invalidated due to a flawed peer review process, revealing no new or reliable conclusions.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
- No valid scientific contribution or findings can be derived from the paper.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

YeL.
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YangQ.
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XueY.
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JiaR.
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YangL.
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ZhongL.
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ZouL.
, and
XieY.
, “Impact of Robotic and Open Surgery on Patient Wound Complications in Gastric Cancer Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 10 (2023): 4262–4271, 10.1111/iwj.14328.37496310
PMC10681412

The above article, published online on 26 July 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.