# RETRACTION: Island Sternocleidomastoid Myocutaneous Flap for Posterior Pharyngeal Wall Defect Repair After Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery

## TL;DR

This paper was retracted because it was accepted based on a compromised peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper does not contribute new findings or methods as it has been retracted.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- The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.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 retraction was agreed upon by the journal editor and publisher.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

ZhangX.
,
ZhaoR.
,
WangG.
,
ChenY.
,
DingP.
,
YangX.
,
ZhaoZ.
, and
ZhangY.
, “Island Sternocleidomastoid Myocutaneous Flap for Posterior Pharyngeal Wall Defect Repair After Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery,” International Wound Journal
19, no. 1 (2022): 169–177, 10.1111/iwj.13612.33999495
PMC8684854

The above article, published online on 17 May 2021, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.