# RETRACTION: Effect of Drainage Versus No Drainage after Thyroid Surgery on Wound Complications, a Meta‐Analysis

PMC · DOI: 10.1111/iwj.70377 · 2025-03-21

## TL;DR

This retracted study originally claimed to compare wound complications after thyroid surgery with and without drainage.

## Contribution

The paper's findings are invalidated due to a compromised peer review process.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
- No valid conclusions can be drawn from the study's results.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

ZhangL.
, 
WuY.
, 
LiuX.
, 
HanJ.
, and 
ZhaoJ.
, “Effect of Drainage Versus No Drainage after Thyroid Surgery on Wound Complications, a Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 10 (2024): 4023–4030, 10.1111/iwj.14291.PMC1068153037400984

The above article, published online on 03 July 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC11928204