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RETRACTION: Effectiveness of Prophylactic Application of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Stopping Surgical Site Wound Problems for Closed Incisions in Breast Cancer Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis
TL;DR
This retracted paper claimed to analyze the effectiveness of a wound therapy in breast cancer surgery but was found to have used a compromised peer review process.
Contribution
The paper's meta-analysis and conclusions on wound therapy effectiveness are invalid due to a flawed peer review process.
Findings
The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.
The study's results and claims cannot be trusted.
Abstract
RETRACTION: SongJ. , LiuX. , and WuT. , “Effectiveness of Prophylactic Application of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Stopping Surgical Site Wound Problems for Closed Incisions in Breast Cancer Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal 20, no. 2 (2023): 241–250, 10.1111/iwj.13866.35726346 PMC9885480 The above article, published online on 20 June 2022, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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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Taxonomy
TopicsReconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques · Wound Healing and Treatments · Surgical site infection prevention
RETRACTION:
J. Song , X. Liu , and T. Wu , “Effectiveness of Prophylactic Application of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Stopping Surgical Site Wound Problems for Closed Incisions in Breast Cancer Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal 20, no. 2 (2023): 241–250, 10.1111/iwj.13866.35726346 PMC9885480
The above article, published online on 20 June 2022, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.