RETRACTION: Effect of Intraoperative Abdominal Lavage Versus Suction Alone on Postoperative Wound Infection in Patients With Appendicitis: A Meta-Analysis

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H. Wu, X. Chen, Y. Ren, and F. Yang, "Effect of Intraoperative Abdominal Lavage Versus Suction Alone on Postoperative Wound Infection in Patients With Appendicitis: A Meta-Analysis," International Wound Journal 21, no. 4 (2024): e14613, https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.14613. The above article, published online on 29 December 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.