RETRACTION: Effect of General and Spinal Anaesthesia on Post‐Operative Wound Healing During Laparoscopic Totally Extraperitoneal Inguinal Hernia Repair: A Meta‐Analysis

TL;DR

This retracted paper claimed to analyze how general and spinal anesthesia affect wound healing after hernia 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The paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review process and does not present any valid new findings.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The article was retracted after an investigation found the peer review process was compromised.

The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

The retraction was agreed upon by the journal editor and publisher.

Abstract

RETRACTION:
KongL.
,
WangJ.
, and
GuoK.
, “Effect of General and Spinal Anaesthesia on Post‐Operative Wound Healing During Laparoscopic Totally Extraperitoneal Inguinal Hernia Repair: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 2 (2024): e14670, 10.1111/iwj.14670.38361225
PMC10869659

The above article, published online on 15 February 2024, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.