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This year Journal of Visualized Surgery (JOVS) as well as its sister journals and books published by AME Publishing Company will be on display during this exciting academic event! We would like to seize this great opportunity to meet our authors, editorial board members and readers. You are cordially invited to visit us at Booth 31.

AME and Wolters Kluwer aim to expand access to global medical research through new collaboration

The agreement broadens the reach of nearly 50 Open Access titles, contributing globally to over 5,000 articles

October 2, 2025 — Wolters Kluwer Health announced a new collaboration with AME Publishing Company, an Open Access publisher specializing in medical journals and books, headquartered in Hong Kong, China.

Endoscopic Cardiac Surgery (Ongoing)

This series on “Endoscopic Cardiac Surgery” is edited by Dr. Tommaso Hinna Danesi from Brigham and Women’s Hospital Heart and Vascular Center, USA.

The First Impact Factor for Journal of Visualized Surgery: 0.4

We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Visualized Surgery (JOVS) has attained its first impact factor for the 2024 citation year: 0.4.

Journal of Visualized Surgery 2024 CiteScore Released: 0.7

We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Visualized Surgery (JOVS) has achieved its 2024 CiteScore: 0.7. JOVS ranks as follows across various categories: 432 out of 568 journals in the Communication category, 1310 out of 1620 in Education, and 378 out of 535 in Communication. This milestone underscores our ongoing commitment to publishing impactful research in the field.

Readers' Choice: Author Interviews

Welcome to Readers’ Choice: Author Interviews, our exclusive interview series where we connect with the authors behind the most-read papers published in our journal. In each feature, we dive into the inspiration, challenges, and discoveries that have captured the attention of our readers. Through these interviews, we aim to provide our readers with deeper insights into the work that is shaping the future of medicine and healthcare.

Reviewer of the Month (2025)

In 2025, JOVS 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.

Interviews with Editorial Board Members

JOVS features a distinguished editorial board, the members of which continue to instill the power of their expertise for the journal’s development. By launching this column, we are glad to introduce to you some of them in the form of interviews, in which they will share their unique career experiences and perspectives. We believe their insights will shed light on the knowledge of related fields.

Interviews with Guest Editors

Over the years, a number of JOVS guest editors have made valuable contributions to the journal. This column features interviews with our guest editors, who graciously share their experience in scientific careers and provide insightful perspectives on the special series.

Interviews with Outstanding Authors (2025)

In 2025, many JOVS 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 who have been making immense efforts in their research fields, with a brief interview of their unique perspective and insightful view as authors.

Robotic Thoracic Surgery: Established Procedures & Current Trends

This series on “Robotic Thoracic Surgery: Established Procedures & Current Trends” is edited by Dr. Gregor J. Kocher (from Hirslanden Clinic Beau Site, Bern & Lindenhof Hospital, Bern, Switzerland; University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland).

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Case Report | Lung Surgery

Muscle flap reconstruction of the post-lung resection space: clinical cases involving latissimus dorsi, serratus anterior, and pectoralis major

Sara Parini, Fabio Massera, Erika Passone, Esther Papalia, Giulia Bora, Federica Migliano, Ottavio Rena

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Surgical Technique | Urological Surgery

Robotic retroperitoneal partial nephrectomy: rediscovering a proven approach in the era of minimally invasive surgery

Michele Slawitz, Francesco Dinale, Annalisa Patera, Giulia Di Marco, Giulio Gaetano Guarino, Tommaso Bocchialini, Francesco Ziglioli, Davide Campobasso, Salvatore Micali, Umberto Vittorio Maestroni

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Review Article | Cardiac Surgery

Endoscopic mitral valve repair—one hundred and one ways to use neochords: a narrative review

Faizus Sazzad, Thomas Theologou, Christos Goutzios, Theo Kofidis

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Review Article | Cardiac Surgery

Robotic versus non-robotic endoscopic invasive mitral valve repair: a narrative review of current evidence and evolving practice

Ilaria Tropea, Valentina Grazioli, Giovanni Domenico Cresce, Loris Salvador, Arnar Geirrson, Tommaso Hinna Danesi

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Review Article | Lung Surgery

Techniques of double-sleeve lobectomy for lung cancer: a narrative review of clinical practice

Fatemeh H. Nameghi, Giuseppe Aresu, Adam Peryt, Aman S. Coonar

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Surgical Technique | Cardiac Surgery

Robotic multi-vessel off-pump totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass (TECAB) procedure: surgical technique

Husam H. Balkhy, Yazan AlJamal

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Surgical Technique | Cardiac Surgery

Robotically-assisted, totally endoscopic myocardial bridge unroofing: surgical technique

Andrea Amabile, Nicholas R. Hess, Bryant Fisher, Faaz Ashraf, Ariana Jackson, Rafik Margaryan, Alexandra K. Nicholas, Jeffrey A. Fowler, Catalin Toma, Ibrahim Sultan, Victor O. Morell, Johannes Bonatti

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Surgical Technique | Lung Surgery

Surgical technique for uniportal VATS right S10 segmentectomy with the pulmonary ligament approach, performing the intersegmental division last

Takahiro Homma, Kanji Otsubo, Hiroki Sakai, Hiroyuki Kimura, Takayuki Hatakeyama, Tomoyuki Miyazawa, Hideki Marushima, Koji Kojima, Hisashi Saji

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Surgical Technique | Ophthalmology & Optometry

Finger iridectomy technique (FIT): anterior segment uveal melanoma biopsy

Catalina Garzon, Ha Min Kim, Paul T. Finger

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Original Article | Cardiac Surgery

Endoscopic mitral valve surgery: picture from the real world—sub-analysis from the Mini-Mitral International Registry

Paolo Berretta, Antonios Pitsis, Jorg Kempfert, Frank Van Praet, Tristan Yan, Mauro Rinaldi, Loris Salvador, Joseph Lamelas, Tom C. Nguyen, Torsten Doenst, Manuel Wilbring, Marc Gerdisch, Davide Pacini, Antonio Fiore, Nguyen Hoang Dinh, Pierluigi Stefano, Nikolaos Bonaros, Marco Di Eusanio

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Original Article | Lung Surgery

Preoperative simulation of uniportal thoracoscopic pulmonary segmentectomy achieves equivalent accuracy of surgical resection margins for palpable and impalpable tumors

Hitoshi Igai, Akinobu Ida, Kazuki Numajiri, Kazuhito Nii, Mitsuhiro Kamiyoshihara

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Surgery Teaching | Lung Surgery

Training in minimally invasive thoracic surgery on 3D-model: back to the future of education

Giacomo Rabazzi, Andrea Castaldi, Vittorio Aprile, Maria Giovanna Mastromarino, Stylianos Korasidis, Sara Condino, Marina Carbone, Francesco Simi, Marcello Carlo Ambrogi, Emanuele Cigna, Marco Lucchi

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Surgery Teaching | Colorectal Surgery

Laparoscopic-assisted single-port right colectomy: a standardized top-down technique and tricks to perform a better anastomosis

Filippo Carannante, Manuel Barberio, Gabriella Teresa Capolupo, Massimo Giuseppe Viola

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Surgical Technique | Cardiothoracic Surgery

Robot-assisted thoracoscopic diaphragmatic plication with absorbable mesh application: surgical technique

Alice Ravasin, Antonio Burlone, Simone Tombelli, Giovanni Mugnaini, Ilaria Zenobi, Ottavia Salimbene, Lavinia Gatteschi, Alessandro Gonfiotti, Luca Voltolini, Stefano Bongiolatti

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Surgical Technique | Lung Surgery

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery as redo approach after prior open lobectomy: is it safely feasible?—challenges and pitfalls of a complex surgical technique

Samuele Nicotra, Vincenzo Verzeletti, Alberto Busetto, Alessandro Bonis, Enrica Pellizzer, Alessandro Rebusso, Giovanni Maria Comacchio, Andrea Dell’Amore, Federico Rea

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Surgical Technique | Lung Surgery

Biportal robotic-assisted surgery for lung segmentectomies: a surgical technique overview

Khrystyna Kuzmych, Dania Nachira, Maria Teresa Congedo, Giuseppe Calabrese, Alessia Senatore, Stefano Margaritora, Elisa Meacci

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Case Report | Cardiothoracic Surgery

The far side of the moon: trans-thoracic minimally invasive resection of local recurrence of hepatocarcinoma following liver transplantation using intraoperative transdiaphragmatic ultrasound: a case report

Francesco Londero, Riccardo Pravisani, William Grossi, Vittorio Alessandro Cherchi, Davide Bitetto, Umberto Baccarani, Andrea Zuin

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Case Report | Lung Surgery

Case video report on uniportal VATS for giant bullous emphysema (GBE) with wide resection of a giant bulla in the right upper lobe

Antonio Giulio Napolitano, Maria Letizia Vita, Maria Teresa Congedo, Adriana Nocera, Claudia Leoni, Elisa Meacci, Stefano Margaritora, Dania Nachira

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Surgery Teaching | Gastric Surgery

Surgical technical key points of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: how I do it

Rafael C. Katayama, Fernando A. M. Herbella

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Surgical Technique | Lung Surgery

Tips and tricks of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery complex segmentectomy

Takuya Watanabe, Masayuki Tanahashi, Eriko Suzuki, Naoko Yoshii, Takuya Kohama, Kensuke Iguchi, Takumi Endo

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Original Article on Thoracic Surgery

Non-surgical treatment of pectus excavatum

Frank-Martin Haecker, Sergio Sesia

Published online: 23 March 2016

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Review Article on Thoracic Surgery

Surgical management of lung abscess: from open drainage to pulmonary resection

Jia-Hao Zhang, Shun-Mao Yang, Cheng-Hung How, Yun-Fang Ciou

Published online: 29 October 2018

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Review Article on Thoracic Surgery

“Getting beyond diameter”: when to replace the aorta?

Maryam Tanweer, Mohammad A. Zafar, Ayman Saeyeldin, Anton A. Gryaznov, Alexander J. Puddifant, Young Erben, Bulat A. Ziganshin, John A. Elefteriades

Published online: 30 June 2018

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Review Article: Orthopedics

Surgical fixation of rib fractures: how I do it

Gregor J. Kocher, Mohammad Al-Hurani, Fabrizio Minervini

Published online: 05 April 2020

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Brief Report on Thoracic Surgery

Non-surgical treatment of pectus carinatum with the FMF^® Dynamic Compressor System

Marcelo Martinez-Ferro, Gaston Bellia Munzon, Carlos Fraire, Constanza Abdenur, Emilio Chinni, Bruno Strappa, Laura Ardigo

Published online: 17 March 2016

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Original Article on Thoracic Surgery

Pectus bar removal: surgical technique and strategy to avoid complications

Hyung Joo Park, Kyung Soo Kim

Published online: 23 March 2016

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Review Article on Cardiac Surgery

Valve sparing aortic root surgery: from revolution to evolution?

Amer Harky, Athanasios Antoniou, Callum Howard, Lara Rimmer, Mohammad Usman Ahmad, Mohamad Bashir

Published online: 13 February 2019

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Review Article on Thoracic Surgery

Materials and techniques in chest wall reconstruction: a review

Stefano Sanna, Jury Brandolini, Alessandro Pardolesi, Desideria Argnani, Marta Mengozzi, Andrea Dell’Amore, Piergiorgio Solli

Published online: 26 July 2017

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Brief Report on Thoracic Surgery

Minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum

André Hebra, Bennett W. Calder, Aaron Lesher

Published online: 05 April 2016

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Review Article: Urological Surgery

Preparation and operative setup of penile prosthesis surgery

Daniel Szabo, Lawrence C. Jenkins

Published online: 06 January 2020

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Review Article: Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy & Medical Imaging

Diagnostic imaging pathways in the setting of acute chest wall trauma

Carlos Galvez, Juan Arenas-Jimenez, Jone Del Campo, Sergio Maroto, Marina Sirera, Francisco Lirio

Published online: 05 April 2020

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Review Article on Thoracic Surgery

Jejunostomy—technique and controversies

Charles Bakhos, Shrey Patel, Roman Petrov, Abbas Abbas

Published online: 03 April 2019

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Case Report on Thoracic Surgery

Role of surgery in the management of necrotizing pneumonia

Kamran Ali, Sabyasachi Bal, Amina Mobashir

Published online: 16 January 2019

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Review Article on Thoracic Surgery

Anaesthetic considerations for pectus repair surgery

Chinmay Patvardhan, Guillermo Martinez

Published online: 11 April 2016

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Surgical Technique on Thoracic Surgery

Indications and contra-indications for minimally invasive mitral valve surgery

Ludwig Müller, Daniel Höfer, Johannes Holfeld, Herbert Hangler, Nikolaos Bonaros, Michael Grimm

Published online: 30 December 2018

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Surgical Technique on Mediastinal Surgery

Mediastinal surgery: modern treatment of primary germ cell tumor of the mediastinum

Christopher Hazzard, Raja Flores, Daniel G. Nicastri

Published online: 30 June 2018

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Original Article on Thoracic Surgery

Surgical correction of pectus arcuatum

Vladimir Kuzmichev, Ksenia Ershova, Ruben Adamyan

Published online: 16 March 2016

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Review Article: Pain & Pain Management

Chest wall pain management after chest wall trauma

Federica Lovisari, Martina Favarato, Ilaria Giovannini, Riccardo Giudici, Roberto Fumagalli

Published online: 05 April 2020

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Review Article on Thoracic Surgery

Robotic substernal esophageal bypass and reconstruction with gastric conduit—frequently overlooked minimally invasive option

Roman V. Petrov, Charles T. Bakhos, Abbas E. Abbas

Published online: 07 May 2019

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Brief Report on Hepatobiliary Surgery

How to do: technique of liver hanging maneuver—step by step

Francesco Fleres, Tullio Piardi, Daniele Sommacale

Published online: 18 October 2018

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Review Article on Thoracic Surgery

Robotic substernal esophageal bypass and reconstruction with gastric conduit—frequently overlooked minimally invasive option

Roman V. Petrov, Charles T. Bakhos, Abbas E. Abbas

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The Journal of Visualized Surgery (ISSN 2221-2965; J Vis Surg; JOVS) is an international peer-reviewed journal focused on visualized surgery. It aims to promote the development of surgery around the world by the sharing of surgical experience in visual media between surgeons and clinicians so that all patients may benefit. Hence, the focus of JOVS is on instructional and educational video clips, photos, schematics of visualized surgical procedures, rather than lengthy text. The scope of JOVS includes: Cardiac Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Lung Surgery, Esophageal Surgery, Gastric Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, Hepatobiliary Surgery, Breast Surgery, Neurosurgery, Urological Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, Transplantation, Anesthesiology etc. More >>