RETRACTION: Effect of Body Mass Index on Surgical Site Wound Infection, Mortality, and Postoperative Hospital Stay in Subjects Undergoing Possibly Curative Surgery for Colorectal Cancer: A Meta‐Analysis

TL;DR

This retracted paper originally claimed to analyze how BMI affects surgical outcomes in colorectal cancer patients.

Contribution

The paper is retracted due to a compromised peer review process and no new valid contribution exists.

Findings

The paper was retracted after an investigation found issues with the peer review process.

No findings are valid due to the retraction and lack of author response.

Abstract

RETRACTION:

QiaoY.
,
ZhangT.
,
BaiT.
,
PengX.
,
LinH.
, and
ZhangA.
, “Effect of Body Mass Index on Surgical Site Wound Infection, Mortality, and Postoperative Hospital Stay in Subjects Undergoing Possibly Curative Surgery for Colorectal Cancer: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 1 (2023): 164–172, 10.1111/iwj.13860.35670494
PMC9797934

The above article, published online on 07 June 2022, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.