# 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The paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review process and significant textual overlap with another article.

## Key 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- The article was retracted after an investigation revealed it was accepted due to a compromised peer review.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The above article, published online on 11 December 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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 different authors [1]. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors disagree with the retraction.

Reference

[1]
LiZ.
,
BaiB.
,
XieF.
,
ZhaoQ.
, “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