# RETRACTION: Effect of Skeletonisation and Pedicled Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery Grafting in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery on Post‐Operative Wound Infection: A Meta‐Analysis

## TL;DR

This retracted paper claimed to analyze how a surgical technique affects wound infections after heart surgery.

## Contribution

The paper's meta-analysis was found to be based on a compromised peer review process.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted due to issues with the peer review process.
- No valid conclusions or results can be drawn from the retracted paper.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

NieC.
,
DengY.
, and
LuY.
, “Effect of Skeletonisation and Pedicled Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery Grafting in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery on Post‐Operative Wound Infection: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 2 (2024): e14424, 10.1111/iwj.14424.PMC1082871737818829

The above article, published online on 11 October 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.