RETRACTION: Comparison of Endovenous Laser Treatment and High Ligation in Treatment of Limb Varicosity: A Meta‐Analysis

TL;DR

This retracted paper originally compared two treatments for limb varicosity but was withdrawn due to a compromised peer review process.

Contribution

The paper has no valid contribution as it was retracted due to peer review issues.

Findings

The article was retracted after an investigation found the peer review process was compromised.

The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

The retraction was agreed upon by the journal editor and publisher.

Abstract

RETRACTION:

CaoG.
,
GuH.C.
,
WangJ.T.
,
HuangQ.
, and
CaoJ.C.
, “Comparison of Endovenous Laser Treatment and High Ligation in Treatment of Limb Varicosity: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
16, no. 3 (2019): 696–702, 10.1111/iwj.13083.30767406
PMC7949302

The above article, published online on 15 February 2019, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.