RETRACTION: Impact of Ileostomy on Postoperative Wound Complications in Patients after Laparoscopic Rectal Cancer Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis

TL;DR

This retracted paper claimed to analyze how ileostomy affects wound complications after rectal cancer surgery, but it was accepted due to a flawed peer review process.

Contribution

The paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review process and does not present any valid new findings.

Findings

The article was retracted after an investigation found issues with the peer review process.

The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

No new or valid conclusions were presented in the original paper.

Abstract

RETRACTION:

YangS.
,
LinY.
,
ZhongW.
,
XuW.
,
HuangZ.
,
CaiS.
,
ChenW.
, and
ZhangB.
, “Impact of Ileostomy on Postoperative Wound Complications in Patients after Laparoscopic Rectal Cancer Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 3 (2024): e14493, 10.1111/iwj.14493.37989718
PMC10898402

The above article, published online on 21 November 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.