# RETRACTION: Utilizing the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) to Monitor and Manage Pain in Post‐Operative Skin Wounds After Thoracic Surgery

## TL;DR

This retracted paper claimed to use a pain scale for managing post-surgery skin wounds but was found to have a flawed peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper's contribution is null due to its retraction over compromised peer review.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

QuM.
,
ZhaoJ.
,
ZhangY.
,
XuZ.
,
MaC.
, and
CuiH.
, “Utilizing the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) to Monitor and Manage Pain in Post‐Operative Skin Wounds After Thoracic Surgery,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 3 (2024): e14503, 10.1111/iwj.14503.37969025
PMC10898399

The above article, published online on 15 November 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.