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. 2025 Apr 18;22(4):e70506. doi: 10.1111/iwj.70506

RETRACTION: A Meta‐Analysis Examined the Effect of Topical Nursing Application of Antimicrobial as a Prophylaxis for the Stoppage of Surgical Wound Infection in Colorectal Surgery

PMCID: PMC12008015  PMID: 40251700

Abstract

RETRACTION: Wang X., Fu L., Guo S., and Fang X., “A Meta‐Analysis Examined the Effect of Topical Nursing Application of Antimicrobial as a Prophylaxis for the Stoppage of Surgical Wound Infection in Colorectal Surgery,” International Wound Journal 20, no. 6 (2023): 2010–2019, 10.1111/iwj.14064.

The above article, published online on 02 February 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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. In addition, the investigation found significant textual overlap between this article and another article by different authors [1]. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.

Reference

[1] Nelson R. L., Kravets A., Khateeb R., Raza M., Siddiqui M., Taha I., Tummala A., Epple R., Huang S., and Wen M., “Topical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Colorectal Surgery for the Prevention of Surgical Wound Infection: a Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis,” Techniques in Coloproctology 22 (2018): 573–587, 10.1007/s10151-018-1814-1.


RETRACTION: Wang X., Fu L., Guo S., and Fang X., “A Meta‐Analysis Examined the Effect of Topical Nursing Application of Antimicrobial as a Prophylaxis for the Stoppage of Surgical Wound Infection in Colorectal Surgery,” International Wound Journal 20, no. 6 (2023): 2010–2019, 10.1111/iwj.14064.

The above article, published online on 02 February 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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. In addition, the investigation found significant textual overlap between this article and another article by different authors [1]. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.

Reference

[1] Nelson R. L., Kravets A., Khateeb R., Raza M., Siddiqui M., Taha I., Tummala A., Epple R., Huang S., and Wen M., “Topical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Colorectal Surgery for the Prevention of Surgical Wound Infection: a Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis,” Techniques in Coloproctology 22 (2018): 573–587, 10.1007/s10151-018-1814-1.


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