# 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

## TL;DR

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.

## Contribution

The paper's findings and analysis are invalid due to a flawed peer review process.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
- No valid conclusions or contributions were made by the paper.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

## 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The above article, published online on 15 June 2022, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.