Vol 4, No 23 (December 19, 2016): Annals of Translational Medicine (Focus on: “Innovations & Technology in Surgery”)

Review Article on Innovations and Technology in Surgery1

Laser applications in surgery
Beina Azadgoli, Regina Y. Baker
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Innovations in surgery simulation: a review of past, current and future techniques
Ido Badash, Karen Burtt, Carlos A. Solorzano, Joseph N. Carey
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Augmented and virtual reality in surgery—the digital surgical environment: applications, limitations and legal pitfalls
Khor Wee Sim, Benjamin Baker, Kavit Amin, Adrian Chan, Ketan Patel, Jason Wong
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Emerging trends in social media and plastic surgery
Daniel J. Gould, Hyuma A. Leland, Adelyn L. Ho, Ketan M. Patel
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Surgical applications of three-dimensional printing: a review of the current literature & how to get started
Don Hoang, David Perrault, Milan Stevanovic, Alidad Ghiassi
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An update and review of cell-based wound dressings and their integration into clinical practice
Austin Pourmoussa, Daniel J. Gardner, Maxwell B. Johnson, Alex K. Wong
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Review Article

Pancreatic cancer: from bench to bedside
Yaokai Ma, Qing Wu, Xin Li, Xiaoqiang Gu, Jiahua Xu, Jinzu Yang
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:458
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Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

A systematic review of combinatorial treatment with warming and invigorating drugs and levothyroxine for hypothyroidism caused by Hashimoto disease
Xiangwen Cheng, Zixiao Wei, Guangde Zhang, Xin Shao, Bo Li, Rui Gao
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Column in Laboratory Medicine2

The interplay between genetics, epigenetics and environment in modulating the risk of coronary heart disease
Giuseppe Lippi, Gianfranco Cervellin
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Big-data Clinical Trial Column3

Semi-parametric regression model for survival data: graphical visualization with R
Zhongheng Zhang
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Case Report

Clinical characteristics and molecular pathology of skull ectopic thyroid cancer
Longxing Cao, Zhongyong Wang, Jiawei Ma, Jinsheng Chen, Haojiang Zhu, Xiaohua Zhou, Qing Zhu, Jun Dong, Qing Lan, Qiang Huang
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A rare case of a blood clot masquerading as a retained surgical drain
Sean WL Ho, Ivan TH Chua
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Editorial

What should the blood pressure treatment goal be in adults with hypertension in 2016?
Wilbert S. Aronow
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Big data to the rescue of systemic inflammatory response syndrome: is electronic data mining the way of the future?
Utsav Nandi, Michael A. Puskaric, Alan E. Jones
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:465
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Lessons learned from BATTLE-2 in the war on cancer: the use of Bayesian method in clinical trial design
Chul Kim, Giuseppe Giaccone
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:466
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Understanding the roles of randomized trials for robotic prostatectomy
Alexander P. Cole, David F. Friedlander, Quoc-Dien Trinh
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Perspective

The SAMUKeppra study in prehospital status epilepticus: lessons for future study
Andrew C. Schomer, Jaideep Kapur
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RNAs that make a heart beat
Mithun Mitra, Hilary A. Coller
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The necessity to restore the anatomic hip centre in congenital hip disease
George A. Macheras, Panagiotis Lepetsos, Panagiotis P. Anastasopoulos, Spyridon P. Galanakos
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Commentary

The Ross procedure: an excellent option in the right hands
Michael E. Bowdish, S. Ram Kumar, Vaughn A. Starnes
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Uncovering first molecular mechanisms of secondary resistance against PD-1 blockade
Selma Ugurel
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Is there a role for microRNAs as novel predictors of prognosis in myocardial infarction?
Robert Adam, Dominic Kelly
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Correspondence

CK1δ: an exploitable vulnerability in breast cancer
Laura H. Rosenberg, John L. Cleveland, William R. Roush, Derek R. Duckett
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At the crossroads from bench to bedside: luteolin is a promising pharmacological agent against myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury
Defeng Pan, Dongye Li
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Afatinib for patients with epidermal growth factor receptor mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer: clinical implications of the LUX-Lung 7 study
Keunchil Park
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Meet the Professor4

Professor Julie McMullen: love what you do, do what you love
Crystal M. Yan
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Erratum

Erratum to be care the risk of under fit in dose-response meta-analysis when using cubic spline
Editorial Team
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Disclosure:

1. The series “Innovations & Technology in Surgery” was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Translational Medicine without any sponsorship or funding. Michael Sosin and Ketan M. Patel served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.

2. The series “Column in Laboratory Medicine” was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Translational Medicine without any sponsorship or funding.

3. The series “Big-data Clinical Trial Column” was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Translational Medicine without any sponsorship or funding.

4. The series “Meet the Professor” was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Translational Medicine without any sponsorship or funding.