# RETRACTION: Impact of Open and Minimally Invasive Surgery on Postoperative Wound Complications in Patients Undergoing Prostate Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis

## TL;DR

This retracted paper originally claimed to compare wound complications from open and minimally invasive prostate surgeries, but was retracted due to a flawed peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper's findings and conclusions are invalid due to a compromised peer review process.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.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

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

GongX.
and
XuR.
, “Impact of Open and Minimally Invasive Surgery on Postoperative Wound Complications in Patients Undergoing Prostate Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 1 (2024): e14367, 10.1111/iwj.14367.37706271
PMC10788585

The above article, published online on 14 September 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.