Editor-in-Chief:

Cataldo Doria
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
USA

Associate Editors:

Salvatore Gruttadauria
University of Pittsburgh
90127 Palermo
Italy

Gazi B. Zibari
Department of Surgery for Academic Affairs
Willis-Knighton /L.S.U. Regional Transplant Center
Louisiana State University Health Science Center
Shreveport, LA
USA

Section Editor for Thoracic Surgery:

Benny Weksler
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh,
PA,
USA

Section Editor for Colo-Rectal Surgery:

Jeffrey A. Neale
Whangarei Hospital
Whangarei
New Zealand

Section Editor for Minimally Invasive:

Francesco Palazzo
A.O.U.Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele
Italy

Section Editor for Transplant Surgery:

Augusto Lauro
St.Orsola University Hospital
Bologna
Italy

Editorial Advisory Board:

C.E.R. Amaral (Brazil) R.J. Borrows (UK) D. Brooks (USA) B. Brücher (Germany) A.K. Burroughs (UK) A.L. Caforio (Italy) A.D. Cataldo (Italy) R.S. Chari (USA) K.D. Chavin (USA) J. Church (USA) T.A. Churchill (Canada) P.-A. Clavien (Switzerland) D.E. Craven (USA) D. Cronin (USA) A. Cukiert (Brazil) A. De Rossi (Brazil) C. Du (UK) C. Eisenbach (Germany) G.M. Elisa (Italy) A. Faiella (Italy) S.M. Flechner (USA) C.N. Foroulis (Greece) A. Franchello (Italy) B. Geramizadeh (Iran) M. Glanemann (Germany) O. Guckelberger (Germany) M.O. Guenin (Switzerland) D. Hadjiliadis (USA) C.L. Hankins (USA) T. Hauet (France) M. Hertl (USA) M. Heydtmann (UK) T.B. Hock (Singapore) H. Holdaas (Norway) R.G. Holzheimer (Germany) R. Hullin (Switzerland) J.J. Iacomini (USA)

E. Inguilli (USA) H. Ishida (Japan) T. Ito (Japan) C.K. Joo (Korea) R.L. Kao (USA) N. Katkhouda (USA) T. Kawai (USA) D. Kendoff (USA) A.W. Klein (USA) D. Kopelman (Israel) C. Kubal (UK) M.-K. Lai (Taiwan) I.M. Leitman (USA) M. Liu (Canada) C. Maldonado (USA) F. Marelli-Berg (UK) M. Masetti (Italy) A. Masse (Italy) D. Meijer (The Netherlands) W.P. Min (Canada) T. Minor (Germany) A. Montori (Italy) A. Nakao (USA) M.K. Nancy (China) E.A.M. Neugebauer (Germany) H. Noguchi (USA) A. Ophir (Israel) M. Ozaki (Japan) A. Papalois (Greece) K.I. Paraskevas (Greece) H.Y. Park (USA) C. Pedrazzani (Italy) C. Petersen (Germany) L. Piemonti (Italy) R. Pinelli (Italy) A-B.M. Rabie (China) A. Rajab (USA)

D. Ranjan (USA) J.K. Ratliff (USA) C. Rocken (Germany) J. Roselló-Catafau (Spain) P. Ruiz (USA) A. Sacchi (Italy) A. Sánchez-Pernaute (Spain) P. Schemmer (Germany) C.D. Scopa (Greece) N. Sethi (USA) C. Sforza (Italy) B. Shi (China) A.K. Siriwardena (UK) M.D. Stanley (UK) C. Stamm (Germany) A. Sugar (USA) Q. Sun (China) H.P. Tan (USA) M. Tanaka (Japan) T. Tanriverdi (Canada) C. Thiemermann (UK) C. Thomas (Austria) A. Thor (Sweden) C. Toro (Italy) C. Toso (Canada) J.F. Trotter (USA) C.C. Tsai (Taiwan) M. Ugurlucan (Germany) S. Vaezy (USA) B. von Rechenberg (Switzerland) B. Wasowska (USA) W. Wayand (Austria) S.D. Wexner (USA) C.A. Wigderowitz (UK) L. Xian-Liang (France) Y. Yao (China) C.J. Young (Australia)