# RETRACTION: A Meta‐Analysis Examined the Effect of Intrawound Vancomycin on Surgical Site Wound Infections in Non‐Spinal Neurosurgical Operation

## TL;DR

A paper claiming to analyze the effect of vancomycin on surgical infections in neurosurgery was retracted due to peer review fraud and plagiarism.

## Contribution

The retraction highlights issues with compromised peer review and duplicate content in scientific publishing.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
- Significant textual overlap was found with another unrelated article.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

ZengX.
,
YangB.
,
ZhangB.
,
XuB.
,
RongC.
,
SheJ.
,
GuoW.
,
KongJ.
,
LiuY.
,
ZhaoD.
, and
XuX.
, “A Meta‐Analysis Examined the Effect of Intrawound Vancomycin on Surgical Site Wound Infections in Non‐Spinal Neurosurgical Operation,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 5 (2023): 1584–1590, 10.1111/iwj.14014.36424840
PMC10088818

The above article, published online on 24 November 2022, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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. 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.

Reference

[1]
BokhariR.
,
YouE.
,
ZeilerF. A.
,
BakhaidarM.
,
BajunaidK.
,
LasryO.
,
BaeesaS.
, and
MarcouxJ.
, “Effect of Intrawound Vancomycin on Surgical Site Infections in Nonspinal Neurosurgical Procedures: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis,” World Neurosurgery
97 (2019): 409–417, 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.10.168.30391768