# 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.

## Key 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- The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.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The above article, published online on 20 June 2022, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.