Translational research in surgical disease.
OBJECTIVE
To review cutting-edge, novel, implemented and potential translational research and to provide a glimpse into rich, innovative, and brilliant approaches to everyday surgical problems.


METHODS
Scientific literature and unpublished results.


METHODS
Articles reviewed were chosen based on innovation and application to surgical diseases.


METHODS
Each section was written by a surgeon familiar with cutting-edge and novel research in their field of expertise and interest.


RESULTS
Articles that met criteria were summarized in the manuscript.


CONCLUSIONS
Multiple avenues have been used for the discovery of improved means of diagnosis, treatment, and overall management of patients with surgical diseases. These avenues have incorporated the use of genomics, electrical impedence, statistical and mathematical modeling, and immunology.
Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
Alexander
A
Stojadinovic
Nita
N
Ahuja
Susanna M
SM
Nazarian
Dorry L
DL
Segev
Lisa
L
Jacobs
Yongchun
Y
Wang
John
J
Eberhardt
Martha A
MA
Zeiger
D017097:Electric Impedance; D013502:General Surgery; D023281:Genomics; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical