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RETRACTION: Utility of Dexmedetomidine on Surgical Site Wound Pain Undergoing Thoracoscopic Surgery: A Meta-Analysis
Retraction:
M. Li, K. Zhang, H. Lu, Y. Liang, Y. Zhang, and G. Feng, "Utility of Dexmedetomidine on Surgical Site Wound Pain Undergoing Thoracoscopic Surgery: A Meta-Analysis," International Wound Journal 21, no. 4 (2024): e14629, https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.14629. The above article, published online on 29 December 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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 indicate their agreement with the retraction.
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