Vol 4, No 20 (October 31, 2016): Annals of Translational Medicine (Focus on “Innovations & Technology in Surgery”)

Preface on Innovations & Technology in Surgery1

Preface
Michael Sosin, Ketan M. Patel
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Review Articles on Innovations & Technology in Surgery1

The evolution of surgical telementoring: current applications and future directions
Bassim El-Sabawi, William Magee III
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Advances in fluorescent-image guided surgery
Mark J. Landau, Daniel J. Gould, Ketan M. Patel
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Surgical research using national databases
Ram K. Alluri, Hyuma Leland, Nathanael Heckmann
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Advances in fetal surgery
Kathryn M. Maselli, Andrea Badillo
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Original Article

Association of insulin treatment versus oral hypoglycaemic agents with diabetic retinopathy and its severity in type 2 diabetes patients in Cameroon, sub-Saharan Africa
Ahmadou M. Jingi, Jean Jacques N. Noubiap, Mickael Essouma, Jean Joel R. Bigna, Jobert Richie N. Nansseu, Augustin Ellong, Côme Ebana Mvogo
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Supra-therapeutic plasma concentrations of haloperidol induce moderate inhibition of lipopolysaccharide-induced interleukin-8 release in human monocytes
Herbert Bosshart
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Continuous monitoring of the liver graft temperature: relationship between bacterial contamination of the perfusion fluid and early outcome
Giovanni Battista Levi Sandri, Roberto Luca Meniconi, Marco Colasanti, Nicola Guglielmo, Edoardo de Werra, Gianluca Mascianà, Giovanni Tortorelli, Daniele Ferraro, Mirco Burocchi, Alessandra Campanelli, Andrea Scotti, Ubaldo Visco-Comandini, Roberto Santoro, Pasquale Lepiane, Giovanni Vennarecci, Giuseppe Maria Ettorre
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Review Article

Review: capsule colonoscopy—a concise clinical overview of current status
Diana E. Yung, Emanuele Rondonotti, Anastasios Koulaouzidis
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Red cell distribution width and cancer
Martina Montagnana, Elisa Danese
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Column in Laboratory Medicine2

Critical laboratory values communication: summary recommendations from available guidelines
Giuseppe Lippi, Camilla Mattiuzzi
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Big-data Clinical Trial Column3

Statistical description for survival data
Zhongheng Zhang
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Surgical Technique

Laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernia in adults
Xue-Fei Yang, Jia-Lin Liu
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Case Report

A new technique to repair huge tracheo-gastric fistula following esophagectomy
Francesco Paolo Caronia, Alfonso Fiorelli, Mario Santini, Roberto Alfano, Sergio Castorina
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Editorial

The impact of unemployment on cancer mortality, and how to avoid it
José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes
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Corin as novel biomarker for myocardial infarction
Hans-Josef Feistritzer, Bernhard Metzler
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Does AQuIRE challenge the role of navigational bronchoscopy for peripheral pulmonary lesions?
Annette McWilliams
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Genesis on diamonds II: contact with diamond enhances human sperm performance by 300%
Andrei P. Sommer, Sripriya Jaganathan, Maria R. Maduro, Katharina Hancke, Wolfgang Janni, Hans-Jörg Fecht
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Perspective

Is a short anesthetic exposure in children safe? Time will tell: a focused commentary of the GAS and PANDA trials
Gregory A. Chinn, Jennifer M. Sasaki Russell, Jeffrey W. Sall
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Cardio-renal protection with empagliflozin
Richard J. MacIsaac, George Jerums, Elif I. Ekinci
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Tricuspid valve-in-valve implantation for failing bioprosthetic valves: an evolving standard of care
Sidakpal S. Panaich, Mackram F. Eleid
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αvβ1 integrin as a novel therapeutic target for tissue fibrosis
Kyung-Hee Song, Seong-Jun Cho, Jie-Young Song
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Commentary

An electromechanical hug for the failing heart
Ron Feiner, Tal Dvir
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Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) alone in moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation: is CABG really enough?
Francesco Nappi, Cristiano Spadaccio
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How much clinical evidence is enough: regulation of medical devices?
Jonathan P. Jarow, Charles Viviano, John H. Baxley
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Correspondence

Fatty acid binding proteins as biomarkers of disease severity and response to treatment in severe pneumonia required admission to intensive care unit
Han-Chen Tsai, Shi-Chuan Chang
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Implications of obesity in exceptional longevity
Alejandro Santos-Lozano, Helios Pareja-Galeano, Noriyuki Fuku, Nobuyoshi Hirose, Enzo Emanuele, Alejandro Lucia, Fabian Sanchis-Gomar
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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.

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