The authors present a thorough expert consensus review on the prevention—preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative—and the postoperative management of sternal wound infections. The authors conclude with a guideline with class recommendations and levels of evidence.
This article should be in every cardiac surgeon's armamentarium.
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Professional Affairs
February 28, 2018
The EJCTS and ICVTS are publishing a series of Statistical Primers to help clinicians perform and interpret research. In the first series of primers, Buccheri and coauthors provide a conceptual framework for conducting, interpreting, and critically evaluating meta-analyses.
February 28, 2018
A retrospective Mount Sinai small series on selective emergent implantation of long-term ventricular assist devices in cardiogenic shock. It challenges the traditional concept of short-term stabilisation with ECMO or short-term support, and is likely to generate criticism and discussions.
February 24, 2018
An alarming list of some crazy things our colleagues have done in the recent past.
February 21, 2018
A well-written, brief, pessimistic editorial on the loss of surgeon autonomy in innovation.
February 14, 2018
Filmed at the 2017 STS Annual Meeting, Amy Fiedler, Ahmad Sheikh, Joseph Cleveland, Ravi Ghanta and Mara Antonoff discuss the transition from residency to practice.
February 14, 2018
Interesting article commenting on the perception that some remedies in medicine are so obviously beneficial that testing their effectiveness is a waste of time. As it turns out, many of what physicians think are "slam dunk" remedies have mixed or negative results.
February 7, 2018
Filmed at the 2017 STS Annual Meeting, Blair Marshall, Virginia Litle, Andrea Wolf, and Mara Antonoff discuss the experience of motherhood as cardiothoracic surgeons.
February 2, 2018
An editorial from an influential source discussing the recent robust results of the CASTLE-AF RCT trial. It is likely that interventions for atrial fibrillation will be boosted by these results, in terms of insurance, industry, and clinical guideline support.
February 2, 2018
A brief note on the feasibility (or not) of RCT on surgery for mitral fibroelastic prolapse.