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RETRACTION: Assessing Postoperative Wound Infection Rates in Ultrasound‐Guided Microwave Ablation Versus Conventional Surgery for Varicose Veins
TL;DR
This retracted study compared infection rates after two treatments for varicose veins but was found to have used a flawed peer review process.
Contribution
The paper's contribution is null due to retraction; it originally aimed to compare postoperative wound infection rates between two varicose vein treatments.
Findings
The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
No valid findings remain as the study is retracted.
Abstract
RETRACTION: WuJ. , LuW. , ChengG. , HuQ. , JiangB. , and LiaoS. , “Assessing Postoperative Wound Infection Rates in Ultrasound‐Guided Microwave Ablation Versus Conventional Surgery for Varicose Veins,” International Wound Journal 21, no. 4 (2024): e14584, 10.1111/iwj.14584.38112035 PMC10961856 The above article, published online on 19 December 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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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Taxonomy
TopicsDiagnosis and Treatment of Venous Diseases · Wound Healing and Treatments · Body Contouring and Surgery
RETRACTION:
J. Wu , W. Lu , G. Cheng , Q. Hu , B. Jiang , and S. Liao , “Assessing Postoperative Wound Infection Rates in Ultrasound‐Guided Microwave Ablation Versus Conventional Surgery for Varicose Veins,” International Wound Journal 21, no. 4 (2024): e14584, 10.1111/iwj.14584.38112035 PMC10961856
The above article, published online on 19 December 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.