# RETRACTION: Surgical Site Wound Infection, and Other Postoperative Problems After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Subjects with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Meta‐Analysis

## TL;DR

This retracted paper originally claimed to analyze postoperative complications in COPD patients after heart surgery but was withdrawn due to a flawed peer review process.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- The article was retracted after an investigation revealed a flawed peer review process.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:

GaoJ.
,
WangH.
,
LiuX.
,
SongX.
, and
ZhongX.
, “Surgical Site Wound Infection, and Other Postoperative Problems After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Subjects with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 2 (2023): 302–312, 10.1111/iwj.13877.35801278
PMC9885461

The above article, published online on 07 July 2022, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.