RETRACTION: Evaluation of Perineal Wound Healing and Pain Outcomes after Low‐Angle Mediolateral Episiotomy in Women Undergoing Vaginal Childbirth: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

TL;DR

This retracted paper claimed to evaluate wound healing and pain after a specific childbirth procedure but was found to have been accepted due to a compromised peer review process.

Contribution

The paper was retracted due to a flawed peer review process and no valid new contribution was made.

Findings

The article was retracted by the journal due to a compromised peer review process.

The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

The study's findings and conclusions are considered unreliable.

Abstract

RETRACTION:

LuoQ.
,
LuZ.
, and
XuB.
, “Evaluation of Perineal Wound Healing and Pain Outcomes after Low‐Angle Mediolateral Episiotomy in Women Undergoing Vaginal Childbirth: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 4 (2024): e14826, 10.1111/iwj.14826.38512112
PMC10956536

The above article, published online on 21 March 2024, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.