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

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X. Wang, L. Fu, S. Guo, and X. Fang, "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, https://doi.org/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The above article, published online on 02 February 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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] R. L. Nelson, A. Kravets, R. Khateeb, M. Raza, M. Siddiqui, I. Taha, A. Tummala, R. Epple, S. Huang, and M. Wen, "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, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10151-018-1814-1.