RETRACTION: Predicted Factors of Surgical Site Infection in Glioblastoma Patients: A Meta‐Analysis

TL;DR

This retracted study aimed to identify factors predicting surgical site infections in glioblastoma patients through a meta-analysis.

Contribution

The paper's contribution is a meta-analysis on surgical site infection factors in glioblastoma patients, though it was retracted due to peer review issues and text overlap.

Findings

The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.

Significant textual overlap was found with another article by different authors.

Abstract

RETRACTION:

GuZ.
,
WangQ.
,
ChenJ.
, and
ZhuY.
, “Predicted Factors of Surgical Site Infection in Glioblastoma Patients: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 3 (2024): e14504, 10.1111/iwj.14504.38044279
PMC10898386

The above article, published online on 03 December 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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 did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.