Editorial Board
89 Editors in 20 Countries/Regions



















Honorary Editor-in-Chief
Michel Gagner 
[email protected] Editors-in-Chief
Giulio Belli
[email protected]Lianxin Liu
[email protected]Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery
Section Editors
Xiang-Dong Cheng
Marco. G Patti 
Editorial Board Members
Alberto Aiolfi 
Davide Bona 
Mario Costantini 
Fernando A. M. Herbella 
How I teach it - a didactic approach to laparoscopic surgery at the esophagogastric junction
How I teach it – a didactic approach to laparoscopic surgery at the esophagogastric junction
Minimizing complications after minimally invasive surgery for thoracic diverticula of the esophagus
Mario Morino 
Itasu Ninomiya 
Francisco Schlottmann 
Fukunaga Tetsu 
Paolo Ubiali
Rasa Zarnegar 
Colorectal Surgery
Section Editor
Roel Hompes
Editorial Board Members
Biondi Alberto 
Charles F. Bellows
John Camilleri-Brennan 
Davide Cavaliere 
Renato Costi 
Simon Ng
Pierpaolo Sileri
Hepato-Biliary Surgery
Section Editor
Ho Seong Han 
Editorial Board Members
Fernando A. Alvarez 
Xiujun Cai
Tan To Cheung 
Chaoliu Dai
Mariano Giménez
Andrew Gumbs 
Ioannis T. Konstantinidis 
Kit-fai Lee 
Zhao Li
Roberto Montalti 
Zenichi Morise 
Fabrizio Panaro
Go Wakabayashi
Feng Xia
Pancreatic Surgery
Section Editor
Yuman C. Fong 
Editorial Board Members
Stefano Maria Massimiliano Basso 
Andrea Belli
Aslam Ejaz 
Liang Liu
Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
Section Editor
Shanu Kothari
Editorial Board Members
Jerry Dang 
David Nocca
Chetan Parmar 
Luis Poggi
Tomasz Rogula
Wah Yang 
Jiangfan Zhu
Abdominal Wall and Hernia Surgery
Section Editor
William Hope 
Editorial Board Member
Luca Gordini 
Emergency and Trauma Surgery
Section Editor
Ferdinando Agresta 
Editorial Board Members
Belinda De Simone 
Andy Petroianu 
Thoracic Surgery
Section Editor
Yogesh Vashist 
Editorial Board Members
Ghulam Abbas 
Christopher Cao 
Marcello Migliore 
Noriyoshi Sawabata 
Alan D.L. Sihoe
Piergiorgio Solli 
Ruoyu Zhang 
Yong Zhang 
Cardiac Surgery
Section Editor
Giuseppe Biondi Zoccai 
Editorial Board Members
Azeem Latib
Igor F. Palacios 
Percutaneous Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty - State of the Art
Urology
Section Editor
Riccardo Autorino 
Editorial Board Members
Riccardo Giuseppe Bertolo 
Giovanni E Cacciamani 
Geert De Naeyer 
Sey Kiat Terence Lim 
Richard Naspro 
Chi-Fai Ng 
Yasar Ozgok
Juan Gómez Rivas 
Gynecology
Section Editor
Simone Ferrero 
Endoscopy
Section Editor
Lee Swanström 
Editorial Board Members
Anastasios Koulaouzidis
Zhuan Liao 
Stefano Pontone 
Jean‐François Rey 
Spinal Surgery
Section Editor
Yoshihisa Kotani
Editorial Board Members
Akihiko Hiyama 
Hisashi Koga 
Preface of the special issue on "Percutaneous endoscopic system for spinal diseases"
Improved percutaneous endoscopic translaminar approach for lumbar foraminal stenosis at L5/S1
Minimal laminectomy using the interlaminar approach for percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy
Head and Neck Surgery
Section Editor
Ehab Hanna 
Editorial Board Members
Felice Esposito 
Alfio Wo Ferlito
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