RETRACTION: The Risk of Intracranial Infection in Adults With Hydrocephalus After Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Surgery: A Retrospective Study

TL;DR

This retracted study originally aimed to assess the risk of intracranial infection in adults with hydrocephalus after ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery.

Contribution

The paper's contribution is null due to retraction caused by a compromised peer review process.

Findings

The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.

No valid findings are reported as the paper is retracted.

Abstract

RETRACTION:

YangY.‐N.
,
ZhangJ.
,
GuZ.
, and
SongY.‐L.
, “The Risk of Intracranial Infection in Adults With Hydrocephalus After Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Surgery: A Retrospective Study,” International Wound Journal
17, no. 3 (2020): 722–728, 10.1111/iwj.13331.32073232
PMC7949404

The above article, published online on 19 February 2020, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.