SynthesisInternational wound journal2023
A meta-analysis examined the effect of topical vancomycin application in decreasing sternal wound infections post cardiac surgery.
Synthesis in International wound journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- A meta-analysis examined the effect of topical vancomycin application in decreasing sternal wound infections post cardiac surgery.International wound journal · 2023Pooled it
- RETRACTION: A Meta-Analysis Examined the Effect of Topical Vancomycin Application in Decreasing Sternal Wound Infections Post Cardiac Surgery.International wound journal · 2025Article
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Corrections and comments
- Retraction · 2025-02-11Author Unresponsive · Concerns/Issues about Peer Review · Compromised Peer Review · Investigation by Journal/Publisher ·
- Retracted
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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
To assess the impact of topical vancomycin (TV) application in decreasing sternal wound infections (SWIs) post cardiac surgery (CS), we lead a meta-analysis. Twenty-three thousand seven hundred and forty five participants had CS at the outset of the investigations, according to a thorough evaluation of the literature done up to November 2022; 8730 of them used TV, while 15 015 were controls. To assess the effectiveness of TV application in lowering SWIs following CS, odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were computed with dichotomous technique with a fixed- or random-effect model. The TV had significantly lower SWIs post CS (OR, 0.34; 95% CI, 0.20-0.57; P < .001), and deep SWIs post CS (OR, 0.26; 95% CI, 0.11-0.65; P = .004) compared with control as shown in Figures 2 and 3. Yet, there was no significant difference found amongst TV and control in superficial SWIs post CS (OR, 0.30; 95% CI, 0.07-1.30; P = .011). The TV had significantly lower SWIs, and deep SWIs post CS, and no significant difference was found in superficial SWIs post CS compared with control. The low number of included studies in this meta-analysis for superficial SWIs calls for precaution when analysing the outcomes.
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