# RETRACTION: Effect of Right Anterolateral Thoracotomy Versus Median Sternotomy on Postoperative Wound Tissue Repair in Patients With Congenital Heart Disease: A Meta‐Analysis

## TL;DR

This retracted paper claimed to compare two surgical approaches for congenital heart disease but was found to have used a compromised peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper's findings and conclusions are invalid due to a flawed peer review process.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.
- The study's results and claims cannot be trusted.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

HeR.
,
ZhangK.
,
ZhouC.
, and
PeiC.
, “Effect of Right Anterolateral Thoracotomy Versus Median Sternotomy on Postoperative Wound Tissue Repair in Patients With Congenital Heart Disease: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 1 (2024): e14343, 10.1111/iwj.14343.37641209
PMC10781613

The above article, published online on 28 August 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.