# 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.

## Key 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- The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.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The above article, published online on 19 December 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.