# 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.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted after an investigation revealed a flawed peer review process.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.
- The retraction was agreed upon by the journal editor and publisher.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

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, “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The above article, published online on 11 July 2022, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.