# RETRACTION: 27‐Gauge Microincision Vitrectomy Surgery Compared With 25‐Gauge Microincision Vitrectomy Surgery on Wound Closure and Need for Wound Suture and Other Postoperative Parameters in the Treatment of Vitreoretinal Disease: A Meta‐Analysis

## TL;DR

A retracted study comparing 27-gauge and 25-gauge vitrectomy surgeries for wound closure and postoperative outcomes in vitreoretinal disease.

## Contribution

The paper's findings are invalid due to a compromised peer review process and have been retracted.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
- No valid conclusions can be drawn from the study's results.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

LiS.
,
LiY.
,
WeiL.
,
FangF.
,
JiangY.
,
ChenK.
,
YangX.
, and
LiuH.
, “27‐Gauge Microincision Vitrectomy Surgery Compared With 25‐Gauge Microincision Vitrectomy Surgery on Wound Closure and Need for Wound Suture and Other Postoperative Parameters in the Treatment of Vitreoretinal Disease: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 3 (2023): 740–750, 10.1111/iwj.13917.36787269
PMC9927918

The above article, published online on 04 August 2022, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.