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RETRACTION: Effect of Prophylactic Central Neck Dissection Following Total Thyroidectomy on Surgical Site Wound Infection, Hematoma, and Haemorrhage in Subjects With Clinically Node‐Negative Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Meta‐Analysis

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This retracted paper claimed to analyze the effects of a surgical procedure on complications in thyroid cancer patients, but it was found to have been accepted due to a compromised peer review process.
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The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
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Abstract
RETRACTION: JinL. , LiuL. , WangJ. , and ZhangL. , “Effect of Prophylactic Central Neck Dissection Following Total Thyroidectomy on Surgical Site Wound Infection, Hematoma, and Haemorrhage in Subjects With Clinically Node‐Negative Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal 20, no. 2 (2023): 251–260, 10.1111/iwj.13867.35702946 PMC9885457 The above article, published online on 15 June 2022, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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 · Head and Neck Anomalies · Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
RETRACTION:
L. Jin , L. Liu , J. Wang , and L. Zhang , “Effect of Prophylactic Central Neck Dissection Following Total Thyroidectomy on Surgical Site Wound Infection, Hematoma, and Haemorrhage in Subjects With Clinically Node‐Negative Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal 20, no. 2 (2023): 251–260, 10.1111/iwj.13867.35702946 PMC9885457
The above article, published online on 15 June 2022, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.
