# RETRACTION: Effect of Cefuroxime Intracameral Injection Antibiotic Prophylactic on Postoperative Endophthalmitis Wound Post‐Cataract: A Meta‐Analysis

PMC · DOI: 10.1111/iwj.70504 · International Wound Journal · 2025-04-18

## TL;DR

This retracted paper claimed to analyze the effect of cefuroxime on post-cataract eye infections but was withdrawn due to a flawed peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper was retracted after being accepted through a compromised peer review process.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted due to a flawed peer review process.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.
- The retraction was agreed upon by the journal editor and publisher.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

WangM.
, 
LiuY.
, and 
DongH.
, “Effect of Cefuroxime Intracameral Injection Antibiotic Prophylactic on Postoperative Endophthalmitis Wound Post‐Cataract: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 5 (2023): 1376–1383, 10.1111/iwj.13984.36346142
PMC10088833

The above article, published online on 08 November 2022, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.

## Linked entities

- **Chemicals:** Cefuroxime (PubChem CID 5479529)
- **Diseases:** Endophthalmitis (MONDO:0016047), Cataract (MONDO:0005129)

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** Endophthalmitis (MESH:D009877), Cataract (MESH:D002386)

## Full text

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