# RETRACTION: Impact of Prophylactic Wound Closure in Colorectal ESD on Postoperative Wound Complications: A Meta‐Analysis

## TL;DR

A retracted study claimed that closing wounds after a colorectal procedure reduces complications, but it was found to have used a flawed peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper's findings are invalid due to a compromised peer review process and has been officially retracted.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.
- The study's conclusions about wound closure in colorectal ESD are not reliable.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

FangZ.
,
XuY.
, and
HuangX.
, “Impact of Prophylactic Wound Closure in Colorectal ESD on Postoperative Wound Complications: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 3 (2024): e14783, 10.1111/iwj.14783.38472107
PMC10932785

The above article, published online on 12 March 2024, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC11928171