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
Annals of Translational Medicine
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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
Annals of Translational Medicine
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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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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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Meet the Professor4

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