Vol 2 (August 2017): Ame Medical Journal

Trimethylamine N-oxide and platelets aggregation: insufficient evidence for causal inference in thrombosis

Tune the cord into right chords—activating a “paralyzed” immune system by silencing thoracic interneuron

International Early Lung Cancer Action Program: update on lung cancer screening and the management of CT screen-detected findings

Surveillance after surgical resection of stage I non-small cell lung cancer

The conundrum of covered versus bare stents for transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt: should we adopt the parachute approach?

Graft survival of en bloc versus single kidney transplantation from small pediatric donors: a meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis

Chinese doctors are under a high risk of sudden death

Recurrent scrotal edema in liver cirrhosis

The Feasibility of cortical bone trajectory screw fixation for lower thoracic spine

Open versus minimally invasive surgery for patients with spinal metastases—which one should I choose for my patients?

Two-dimensional shear wave elastography: promises for the future

Improving predictive performance of selection criteria for liver transplantation with hepatocellular carcinoma: combining morphological and biomarker criteria

Crosslinking and immunoprecipitation: a new route for dead end

Make visible palpable, a “double-insurance strategy” for nodule localization

Editorial on “Development and Internal Validation of a Novel Model to Identify the Candidates for Extended Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection in Prostate Cancer”

Refining Milan criteria: is the alpha-fetoprotein model ready to cross borders?

Pain catastrophizing: does it affect surgical outcomes?

The body of evidence to consider the Retzius-sparing approach favors early urinary continence recovery after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy is increasing

The use of non-selective beta-blockers in patients with cirrhosis: more doubts than certainties

Dietary choline derived TMAO: new role in thrombosis

Biopsy: bronchoscopy is best-interventional pulmonologists perspective

Cancer detection and tissue of origin determination with novel annotation and scoring of cell-free methylated DNA

Informed consent in online research: the need for new ways of addressing research subjects

Circulating tumor DNA in relapse prediction: a gold mine on the rise

Showing one’s true CALRs: spleen size and platelet count help refine the molecular diagnostic pathway for patients with splanchnic vein thrombosis

PD-1 antagonist antibody treatment for patients with oesophageal squamous-cell carcinoma

Sternal closure: wiring or not wiring?

Challenges in patients with splanchnic vein thrombosis

Prevalence and in-hospital outcomes of diabetes mellitus in elderly patients with liver cirrhosis