# RETRACTION: Effect of Salpingectomy Versus Tubal Ligation on Postoperative Wound Infection in Patients: A Meta‐Analysis

## TL;DR

This retracted paper claimed to compare two surgical methods for postoperative wound infections but was found to have serious issues with its peer review and methodology.

## Contribution

The paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review and insufficiently supported findings.

## Key findings

- The peer review process was found to be compromised.
- The methods lacked sufficient detail for reproducibility.
- The research question was not adequately supported by the results.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

LiM.
and
LvJ.
, “Effect of Salpingectomy Versus Tubal Ligation on Postoperative Wound Infection in Patients: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 1 (2024): e14543, 10.1111/iwj.14543.38272821
PMC10805532

The above article, published online on 23 January 2024, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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, further investigation by the publisher found that the Methods lacked sufficient details for reproducibility, that the research question was insufficiently supported by the Results presented, and that the Discussion and Conclusion sections were not supported by the supplied references. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.