# 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This paper was retracted because it was accepted due to a compromised peer review process and does not present valid findings.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The paper does not contribute new knowledge as it was retracted due to ethical issues in the peer review process.

## Key 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- The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.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The above article, published online on 27 August 2020, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.