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RETRACTION: A Meta‐Analysis Showing the Effect of Surgical Site Wound Infections and Associated Risk Factors in Neonatal Surgeries

TL;DR
This retracted paper originally aimed to analyze surgical site infections and risk factors in neonatal surgeries but was withdrawn due to a compromised peer review process.
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The paper's findings and analysis are invalidated due to ethical issues in the peer review process.
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The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
The retraction was agreed upon by the journal editor and publisher.
Authors did not agree with the retraction.
Abstract
RETRACTION: AbdelgawadM. A. , ParambiD. G. T. , GhoneimM. M. , AlotaibiN. H. , AlzareaA. I. , AlanaziA. S. , HassanA. , TonyS. M. , and AbdelrahimM. E. A. , “A Meta‐Analysis Showing the Effect of Surgical Site Wound Infections and Associated Risk Factors in Neonatal Surgeries,” International Wound Journal 19, no. 8 (2022): 2092–2100, 10.1111/iwj.13814.35445789 PMC9705165 The above article, published online on 21 April 2022, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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 indicate their agreement with the…
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TopicsWound Healing and Treatments · Surgical site infection prevention · Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management
RETRACTION:
M. A. Abdelgawad , D. G. T. Parambi , M. M. Ghoneim , N. H. Alotaibi , A. I. Alzarea , A. S. Alanazi , A. Hassan , S. M. Tony , and M. E. A. Abdelrahim , “A Meta‐Analysis Showing the Effect of Surgical Site Wound Infections and Associated Risk Factors in Neonatal Surgeries,” International Wound Journal 19, no. 8 (2022): 2092–2100, 10.1111/iwj.13814.35445789 PMC9705165
The above article, published online on 21 April 2022, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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 indicate their agreement with the retraction.
