A proposal for a comprehensive approach to infections across the surgical pathway.

Despite evidence supporting the effectiveness of best practices in infection prevention and management, many healthcare workers fail to implement them and evidence-based practices tend to be underused in routine practice. Prevention and management of infections across the surgical pathway should always focus on collaboration among all healthcare workers sharing knowledge of best practices. To clarify key issues in the prevention and management of infections across the surgical pathway, a multidisciplinary task force of experts convened in Ancona, Italy, on May 31, 2019, for a national meeting.

Saphenous Vein Graft Wrapping by Nitinol Mesh: A Word of Caution.

Background: Saphenous vein conduits are still used in a large proportion of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) operations. A recently commercialized nitinol mesh seems to improve venous graft patency. The aim of this study was to control nitinol mesh vein graft patency in a series of isolated CABG patients by computed tomographic (CT) scan.