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RETRACTION: Effect of Prophylactic Negative Pressure Treatment for Post‐Surgery Groin Wounds Management in Vascular Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis

TL;DR
This retracted paper claimed to analyze the effectiveness of a wound treatment method in vascular surgery but was found to have been accepted due to a flawed peer review process.
Contribution
The paper's findings and analysis are invalid due to a compromised peer review process.
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The article was retracted after an investigation revealed a flawed peer review process.
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Abstract
RETRACTION: XieR. , LiB. , and WenF. , “Effect of Prophylactic Negative Pressure Treatment for Post‐Surgery Groin Wounds Management in Vascular Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal 20, no. 2 (2023): 269–277, 10.1111/iwj.13870.35818744 PMC9885472 The above article, published online on 11 July 2022, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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 respond to our notice regarding the retraction.
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TopicsReconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques · Wound Healing and Treatments · Surgical site infection prevention
RETRACTION:
R. Xie , B. Li , and F. Wen , “Effect of Prophylactic Negative Pressure Treatment for Post‐Surgery Groin Wounds Management in Vascular Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal 20, no. 2 (2023): 269–277, 10.1111/iwj.13870.35818744 PMC9885472
The above article, published online on 11 July 2022, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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 respond to our notice regarding the retraction.
