# RETRACTION: The Impact of Paravertebral Nerve Blockade on Postoperative Surgical Site Wound Pain Management in Patients Undergoing Video‐Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Pulmonary Carcinoma Resection

## TL;DR

This retracted study originally claimed paravertebral nerve blocks improved post-surgery pain management in lung cancer patients.

## Contribution

The paper's findings were invalidated due to a compromised peer review process and have been retracted.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.
- The study's conclusions on pain management are no longer considered valid.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

ZhangL.
,
ShenJ.
, and
LuoY.
, "The Impact of Paravertebral Nerve Blockade on Postoperative Surgical Site Wound Pain Management in Patients Undergoing Video‐Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Pulmonary Carcinoma Resection,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 4 (2024): e14608, 10.1111/iwj.14608.38151912
PMC10961871

The above article, published online on 27 December 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.