RETRACTION: The Effect of the Use of Postoperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis Compared with Non-Use for Stented Distal Hypospadias Repair Wound: A Meta-Analysis

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RETRACTION: R. Tang, L. Wan, Z. Yi, Y. Luo, X. Wei, S. Wang, and C. Xiao, “ The Effect of the Use of Postoperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis Compared with Non-Use for Stented Distal Hypospadias Repair Wound: A Meta-Analysis,” International Wound Journal 20, no. 8 (2023): 3073–3080, https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.14182.

The above article, published online on 24 April 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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 unattributed 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] M. E. Chua, J. K. Kim, K. C. Rivera, J. M. Ming, F. Flores, and W. A. Farhat, “ The Use of Postoperative Prophylactic Antibiotics in Stented Distal Hypospadias Repair: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” Journal of Pediatric Urology 15, no. 2 (2019): 138–148, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2019.11.026.