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Interviews with Outstanding Authors (2024)

In 2024, many authors make outstanding contributions to our journal. Their articles published with us have received very well feedback in the field and stimulate a lot of discussions and new insights among the peers.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding authors, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as authors. Allow us to express our heartfelt gratitude for their tremendous effort and valuable contributions to the scientific process.

AMJ is officially indexed by Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)

On March 20, 2024, a confirmation letter reached the editorial office of AME Medical Journal (AMJ) (Figure 1) that the journal met the selection criteria necessary to be included in the Emerging Sources Citation Index. Articles published in AMJ after 2022, beginning with Vol 7, will be included in Emerging Sources Citation Index.

Reviewer of the Month (2024)

In 2024, AMJ reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer. Allow us to express our heartfelt gratitude for their tremendous effort and valuable contributions to the scientific process.

AMJ Annual Report 2023

We are glad to present a brief introduction of AMJ’s progress in 2023 here. In 2023, AMJ has published 40 articles in total, among which 40% are review articles, 5% are original articles, and 30% are case reports. AMJ authors come from many parts of the world, including USA, Brazil, Canada, Japan, China, etc. There are also several special series under progress.

AME Medical Journal 2022 CiteScore Released: 1.7

We are pleased to announce that the AME Medical Journal (AMJ) has received its 2022 CiteScore: 1.7, ranking 431 out of 830 journals in the General Medicine category.

Furthermore, we are delighted to highlight the remarkable achievements made by all AME journals in the CiteScore ranking.

Diagnostic & Therapeutic Bronchoscopy (Ongoing)

This Series on Diagnostic & Therapeutic Bronchoscopy is edited by Dr. Jonathan Kurman and Dr. Bryan S. Benn.

Radiation Urologic Reconstruction

The modern urologist is adept at diagnosing prostate cancer as well as discussing and prescribing the various treatments. One of these treatments, prostate radiation, has significant immediate and late side effects that make long-term management of these patients difficult.

Immune Response in Lung Cancer

The iTech Center for Innovative Technology across the Prevention and Care Continuum is a collaborative center developed under the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)-funded, Adolescent Trials Network for HIV Interventions (ATN).

Renal Cell Carcinoma (Ongoing)

This special series on “Renal Cell Carcinoma” is edited by Prof. Stênio de Cássio Zequi from Urology Division and Referral Center for Urological Tumors, A.C. Camargo Cancer Center (ACCCC), São Paulo, Brazil.

Penile Cancer (Ongoing)

This special series on “Penile Cancer” is edited by Prof. Stênio de Cássio Zequi from Urology Division and Referral Center for Urological Tumors, A.C. Camargo Cancer Center (ACCCC), São Paulo, Brazil.

New Frontiers and Technologies in Urology

In this special series we will deal, mainly with some reviews, some of the technological advances currently available and in progress in the various urological sub-specialties.

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Case Report | Surgery: Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Maxillary antral mucocele with sphenoidal sinus empyema—a rare case report

Kishore Moturi, Puvvada Divya, Ravikanth Manyam, Vadupu Meghana, U. Shivaji Raju

AME Medical Journal

2024;

(30 June 2024)

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Case Report | Surgery: Other

Outcomes after paclitaxel-coated balloon after iatrogenic biliary injury following single-anastomosis duodeno-ileal bypass: a case report

Alexis Deffain, Michel Philie, Samah Melebari, Heba Alfaris, Wael Dimassi, Radu Pescarus, Pierre Y. Garneau, Ronald Denis, Anne-Sophie Studer

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2024;

(30 June 2024)

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Review Article | Surgery: Cardiothoracic Surgery

Bronchoscopic treatments of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a narrative review

Hasham Saeed, David M. Dibardino, Kevin C. Ma

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2024;

(30 June 2024)

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Review Article | Surgery: Cardiothoracic Surgery

Utilization of transbronchial cryobiopsy in bronchoscopic procedures: a clinical practice review of procedural considerations

Bryan S. Benn, Jonathan S. Kurman

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2024;

(30 June 2024)

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Review Article | Health Policy & Methodology Science: Education & Training

Assessment of bronchoscopy training and competency: a narrative review

David Shore, Pankit Patel, Danish Ahmad

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2024;

(30 June 2024)

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Review Article | Surgery: Orthopedics

What are the differences in clinical and surgical outcomes between lumbar spine fusion approaches?—a narrative review

Jeremy D. Tran, Dominic Kubas, John Railey, Heather L. MacEwen, Melvin D. Helgeson, Scott C. Wagner, Alfred J. Pisano, Donald R. Fredericks Jr

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2024;

(30 June 2024)

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Review Article | Surgery: Orthopedics

Early versus late intervention for degenerative cervical myelopathy: what are the outcomes?—a review of the current literature

James W. Connelly, Parth Kothari, Nicholas Spina, W. Ryan Spiker, Brandon Lawrence, Darrel S. Brodke, Brian A. Karamian

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2024;

(30 June 2024)

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Review Article | Surgery: Orthopedics

Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis following degenerative spine surgery: a narrative review

Dhiraj Patel, Shawn Best, Chason Ziino

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2024;

(30 June 2024)

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Review Article | Surgery: Orthopedics

Biomechanical analysis of lumbar decompression technique and the effect on spinal instability: a narrative review

Hannah A. Levy, Maria D. Astudillo Potes, Ahmad N. Nassr, Brett A. Freedman, Arjun S. Sebastian

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2024;

(30 June 2024)

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Editorial | Surgery: Orthopedics

Editorial: degenerative spine disease—a review of emerging topics in operative spine care

Mark J. Lambrechts, Brian A. Karamian

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2024;

(30 June 2024)

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Case Report | Oncology: Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Complete pathological response of pelvic Ewing sarcoma in adult female—a case report

Helina Mengesha, Akhil Chawla

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2024;

(30 March 2024)

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Review Article | Surgery: Transplantation

Donation after circulatory death: a narrative review of current controversies, attitudes, and the evolving role of regional perfusion technology

James O’Rourke, Gillian Crowe, Robert Turner, Alan Gaffney

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2024;

(30 March 2024)

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Review Article | Surgery: Orthopedics

A narrative literature review: dynamic stabilization versus fusion—is there a difference in outcomes?

Sameh Abolfotouh, Mason AlNouri

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2024;

(30 March 2024)

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Review Article | Surgery: Orthopedics

A narrative review of treatment of the elderly patient: do we need to alter surgical management of lumbar spine disease?

John P. Kleimeyer

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2024;

(30 March 2024)

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Review Article | Surgery: Orthopedics

The hip spine relationship—what we know and what we don’t: a narrative review

Michael McCurdy, Yunsoo Lee, Gino DiNicola, Albert Ku, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Alan S. Hilibrand, Gregory D. Schroeder, Christopher K. Kepler, Mark J. Lambrechts

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2024;

(30 March 2024)

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Review Article | Surgery: Orthopedics

Osteobiologics in degenerative spine disease: current clinical applications of recombinant human bone morphogenetic proteins—a narrative review

Ishan Shah, Manat Chopra, Andy Ton, Raymond J. Hah, Jeffrey C. Wang, Ram K. Alluri

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2024;

(30 March 2024)

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Review Article | Surgery: Lung Surgery

Benign airway obstruction: a clinical practice review of causes and managements principles

Yousef Hattab, Schuyler Perez de Salmeron, Elizabeth Malsin

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2024;

(30 March 2024)

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Review Article | Pulmonology

Airway stent associated respiratory tract infections

Nagendra Y. Madisi, Daniel Greenberg, Akshu Balwan

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2024;

(30 March 2024)

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Review Article | Medical Tests and Health Care: Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy & Medical Imaging

Added value of endoscopic ultrasound to endobronchial ultrasound in non-small cell lung cancer staging

Justine Ko, Pravachan Hegde

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2024;

(30 March 2024)

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Review Article | Surgery: Cardiothoracic Surgery

Evaluation & management of clinically significant hemoptysis—a clinical practice review

Jonathan K. Chandler, Michal M. Reid, Lucas Pitts, Maykol R. Postigo Jasahui

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2024;

(30 March 2024)

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Case Report | Surgery: Cardiothoracic Surgery

Subcentimeter lymphadenopathy portended advanced lung adenocarcinoma diagnosed via endobronchial ultrasound: a case report

Pramma Elayaperumal, Eleonora Daribayeva, Sumedha Sonde, Lisa Mugure Ikinya, Abidemi Idowu, Rosa Arancibia

Published online: 06 June 2024

Original Article | Health Policy & Methodology Science: Medical Education & Training

A cross-sectional evaluation of the Medical Student Symposium at the Canadian Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting: a quality improvement survey

Andrew Samuel, Danielle Solish, Cody Lo, Stuti M. Tanya, Anne Xuan-Lan Nguyen, Setareh Ziai

Published online: 05 June 2024

Review Article | Internal Medicine: Pulmonology

Salvage treatment of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia with micafungin and clindamycin: a case report

Elizabeth Keil, Sara Stallworth, Bridgette Kram, Lingye Chen, Jason E. Stout, Rebekah Wrenn

Published online: 31 May 2024

Case Report | Surgery: Cardiac Surgery

Managing sickle cell trait in aortic arch surgery performed under deep hypothermic circulatory arrest: a case report

Marcus Taylor, Tim Hayes, Alan Ashworth, Simon Watt, Edward Seville, Vipin Mehta

Published online: 31 May 2024

Review Article | Surgery: Urological Surgery

Malfunction and mechanical failure of the inflatable penile prosthesis: a narrative review of etiologies and management

Eliad Amini, Robert Saldivar, Muhammed A. Hammad, David W. Barham

Published online: 28 May 2024

Images in Clinical Medicine | Internal Medicine: Dermatology and Venereology

Morbihan disease

Julio C. Salas-Alanís, María G. Moreno-Treviño, Gerardo Rivera-Silva

Published online: 24 May 2024

Case Report | Otorhinolaryngology: Ophthalmology & Optometry

Bilateral posterior ischemic optic neuropathy following COVID-19: a case report and literature review

Manuela Mambretti, Laura Premoli, Sara Lucchini, Andrea Govetto, Federico Carimati, Paolo Radice

Published online: 22 May 2024

Review Article | Biomedical Science & Technology: Molecular Biology

Evaluating the feasibility of exosome technologies in COVID-19 treatment: navigating the intersection of reality and fantasy perspectives

Maaz Anwer Memon, Wan Nazatul Shima Shahidan

Published online: 17 May 2024

Review Article | Internal Medicine: Pulmonology

Blood pressure management in cardiovascular emergencies: an evidence-based approach

David Klemet, Daniel C. Grahf, Taher T. Vohra

Published online: 17 May 2024

Case Report | Surgery: Breast Surgery

Granular cell tumor of the male breast: a case report and review of the literature

Olivia W. Galloway, Ned Z. Carp

Published online: 17 May 2024

Editorial Commentary | Surgery: Orthopedics

Cervical disc arthroplasty vs. anterior cervical discectomy and fusion—what are the outcomes?

Timothy Torrez, Willie Dong, Matthew Philippi, Brittany Percin, James W. Connelly, Joseph P. Drain, Brian A. Karamian

Published online: 17 May 2024

Case Report | Oncology: Other

Angiofibrolipoma of the anterior mediastinum: a case report

Daniel Baum, Steffen Drewes, Till Plönes

Published online: 17 May 2024

Case Report | Internal Medicine: Critical Care

Successful management of tracheal blood clot obstruction using a meconium aspirator: a case report

Danika K. Evans, Kenneth W. Dodd

Published online: 16 May 2024

Review Article | Medical Tests and Health Care: Pain & Pain Management

The potential role of marijuana in spine surgery: a narrative review of preliminary evidence concerning pre- and post-operative consumption on patient outcomes and implications for future research

Aditya Billur, Conor McNamee, Benjamin M. Mac Curtain, Neil Wu, Jake M. McDonnell, Julia Wall, Stacey Darwish, Joseph S. Butler

Published online: 11 May 2024

Editorial | Surgery: Cardiothoracic Surgery

Advances in diagnostic & therapeutic bronchoscopy

Jonathan S. Kurman, Bryan S. Benn

Published online: 09 May 2024

Case Report | Internal Medicine: Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Leflunomide-induced colitis with clinical, endoscopic & microscopic findings: a case report

Kaiser F. Kabir, Himaja Gaddipati, Ved Singla

Published online: 09 May 2024

Review Article | Biomedical Science & Technology: Pharmacology & Pharmacy

A narrative review of the efficacy and safety FDA-approved antibody-drug conjugates in older patients

Robert Hsu, Jorge J. Nieva

Published online: 08 May 2024

Original Article | Surgery: Anesthesiology

Modifications in gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor subunit gene expression after macrophage differentiation and propofol administration in THP-1 cells

Tsukasa Kochiyama, Satoshi Koyama, Yusuke Sugasawa, Ai Yamaguchi, Masataka Fukuda, Izumi Kawagoe

Published online: 07 May 2024

Letter to the Editor | Other

“Literatures review” or “literature review”?

Jun Liu, Xingshun Qi

Published online: 28 April 2024

Images in Clinical Medicine | Otorhinolaryngology: Ophthalmology & Optometry

Images in clinical medicine—bloodstream blindness: when fungi go rogue

Martin Tan, Twishaa Sheth

Published online: 28 April 2024

Editorial Commentary | Surgery: Cardiothoracic Surgery

Role of single-use flexible bronchoscopes

Shreya Podder, Octavio Perez, William Kivlin, Harpreet Singh, Bryan S. Benn, Jonathan S. Kurman

Published online: 19 April 2024

Original Article

A Review of 10 Years of Data from an External Quality Assurance Program for Antiphospholipid Antibodies: No Evidence for Improved aCL and β2GPI Assay Standardization.

Louise Anne Wienholt, Alexander Richardson, Richard C Wong, Kristie Chapman, Frederick J Lee

Review Article

Bronchial thermoplasty: an update for the interventional pulmonologist

José Cárdenas-García, George Cheng, Mario Castro

Editorial

Abiraterone survival benefit is independent of pain, prostate-specific antigen and Gleason sum in men with chemo-naïve metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (analysis of COU-AA-302)

Panagiotis J. Vlachostergios, Giuseppe Galletti, Scott T. Tagawa

Editorial

Does increased expression of glucocorticoid receptor support application of antagonists to this receptor for the treatment of castration resistant prostate cancer?

Yukiyoshi Hirayama, Marianne D. Sadar

Editorial

Immune tolerant HBV and HCC: time to revise our tolerance levels for therapy?

Kali Zhou, Norah Terrault

Editorial

Management of sciatica: a shared-decision

Haley N. N. Moulton, Jon D. Lurie

Editorial

Targeting ELK1: a wELKome addition to the prostate cancer armamentarium

Jelani C. Zarif, Emmanuel S. Antonarakis

Editorial

MicroRNAs and cholangiocarcinoma: elucidating the effects of tiny giants

Vik Meadows, Heather Francis

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AME Medical Journal (ISSN 2520-0518; AME Med J; AMJ) is an in international, Open Access, peer-reviewed journal, aiming at promoting developments in the medical field. The mission of AMJ is to provide high-quality evidence to guide clinical decision making for better global health outcomes. The scope of AMJ includes: Internal Medicine (Immunology, Pulmonology, Cardiology, Neurology, etc.), Surgery (Heart & Thoracic Surgery, Orthopedics etc.), Oncology (Thyroid Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Palliative Care etc.), Gynecology & Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Otorhinolaryngology (Ophthalmology etc.), Medical Tests and Health Care (Radiology, Pathology, Laboratory Medicine, Nursing, Alternative Medicine etc.), Health Policy & Methodology Science (Public Health, Epidemiology, Medical Ethics etc.), and Biomedical Science & Technology (Pharmacology, Biomedical Engineering, Bibliometrics etc.). More >>