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RETRACTION: A Meta‐Analysis Evaluating Wound Infections and Other Complications following Distal versus Complete Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer
TL;DR
This retracted paper originally claimed to compare wound infections and complications from two types of gastric cancer surgeries but was found to have issues with peer review and text overlap.
Contribution
The paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review process and significant textual overlap with another article.
Findings
The article was retracted after an investigation revealed it was accepted due to a compromised peer review.
Significant textual overlap was found between this article and a 2018 study by different authors.
Abstract
RETRACTION: ImamM. S. , Abdel‐SattarR. M. , AlotaibiG. R. , AlotaibiK. S. , AlmuthaybiriN. M. , AlshahraniS. A. , AlghamdiM. A. , and AbdelrahimM. E. A. , “A Meta‐Analysis Evaluating Wound Infections and Other Complications following Distal versus Complete Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer,” International Wound Journal 21, no. 4 (2024): e14516, 10.1111/iwj.14516.38084020 PMC10958092 The above article, published online on 11 December 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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. In addition, the investigation found significant textual overlap between this article and another article by…
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TopicsGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes · Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments · Metastasis and carcinoma case studies
RETRACTION:
M. S. Imam , R. M. Abdel‐Sattar , G. R. Alotaibi , K. S. Alotaibi , N. M. Almuthaybiri , S. A. Alshahrani , M. A. Alghamdi , and M. E. A. Abdelrahim , “A Meta‐Analysis Evaluating Wound Infections and Other Complications following Distal versus Complete Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer,” International Wound Journal 21, no. 4 (2024): e14516, 10.1111/iwj.14516.38084020 PMC10958092
The above article, published online on 11 December 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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. In addition, the investigation found significant textual overlap between this article and another article by different authors [1]. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors disagree with the retraction.
Reference
[1] Z. Li , B. Bai , F. Xie , Q. Zhao , “Distal Versus Total Gastrectomy for Middle and Lower‐Third Gastric Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis,” International Journal of Surgery 53 (2018): 163–170, 10.1016/j.ijsu.2018.03.047.29602012