RETRACTION: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Patients With Mediastinitis: A Meta‐Analysis

TL;DR

This paper was retracted because it was accepted due to a compromised peer review process and does not present valid findings.

Contribution

The paper does not contribute new knowledge as it was retracted due to ethical issues in the peer review process.

Findings

The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.

No scientific findings are valid or trustworthy from this paper.

Abstract

RETRACTION:

WangZ.
,
FengC.
, and
WangX.‐J.
, “Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Patients With Mediastinitis: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
17, no. 6 (2020): 2019–2025, 10.1111/iwj.13494.32856392
PMC7949316

The above article, published online on 27 August 2020, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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 corresponding author could not be reached for comment regarding the retraction.