Invited commentary on “Impact of intraoperative Behavior on Surgical Site Infections” by Beldi et al

[...]some of the factors noted, such as double gloving, iodine-impregnated barrier protocol, instrument changes, and fairly substantial irrigation even in the absence of contamination are unusual ways to approach the problem. [...]the most common operation that obese people undergo is laparoscopic cholecystectomy, which has such a low infection rate that it always distorts data to suggest little risk when the contamination is standardized. The patient comes first, Amer Surg, Vol. 73, 2007, 538-542 2 T...