Editorial Board

Honorary Editor-in-Chief

Michel Gagner

[email protected]

Department of Surgery, Westmount Square Surgical Center, Quebec, Canada.

Research Interests: bariatric surgery; laparoscopy; gastric surgery; foregut surgery; HPB surgery; pancreas; endoscopy; magnetic surgery

Contributions:

Robotic surgery: is it really different from laparoscopy? A critical view from a robotic pioneer

Special Issue:

Magnetic Digestive Surgery

Minimally Invasive Treatment of Bariatric Surgery

Artificial Intelligence in Bariatric Surgery: Current Status and Future Perspectives

Editors-in-Chief

Giulio Belli

[email protected]

General and HepatoPancreatoBiliary Surgery, Loreto Nuovo Hospital, Naples, Italy.

Research Interests: liver surgery; gallbladder and biliary tract surgery; pancreatic surgery; large intestine surgery; laparoscopic surgery

Contributions:

MINIMALLY INVASIVE SPLEEN PRESERVING DISTAL PANCREATECTOMY: real world data from the Italian National Registry of Minimally Invasive Pancreatic Surgery (IGoMIPS)

Special Issue:

Advances in Minimally Invasive Cirrhotic Surgery

HPB Robotic Surgery

Advances in Surgical Techniques for Liver Tumors

Lianxin Liu

[email protected]

The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.

Research Interests: hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, larproscopic liver resection, immunotherapy, checkpoint inhibitor, gallbladder cancer

Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery

Section Editors

Xiang-Dong Cheng

Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. & Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Zhejiang, China.

Research Interests: Gastric cancer, Artificial intelligence in diagnosis, Minimally invasive surgery, Laparoscopy, Cheng's "Three-Step" Lymph Node Dissection Technique

Marco. G Patti

Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of North Carolina, North Carolina, NC, USA.

Research Interests: esophagus; gastroesophageal reflux; hiatal hernia; paraesophageal hernia; esophageal motility disorders; achalasia; esophageal cancer

Contributions:

Minimizing complications after minimally invasive surgery for thoracic diverticula of the esophagus

One size fits all: laparoscopic Heller’s myotomy for the treatment of achalasia irrespective of the degree of dilatation

Laparoscopic Heller myotomy and robotic Heller myotomy When is it indicated?

Advisory Editors

Mario Morino

Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.

Research Interests: minimal invasive treatment of colorectal cancer; bariatric surgery; functional upper GI surgery

Contributions:

Large Hiatal Hernia: minimizing early and long term complications after minimally invasive repair

Reflux following bariatric surgery

Rasa Zarnegar

Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.

Research Interests: gastric cancer; GERD; achalasia; endoflip

Special Issue:

Foregut Disease: Minimally Invasive and Innovation Therapeutics

Foregut Disease: Minimally Invasive and Innovation Therapeutics - Series II

Associate Editors

Alberto Aiolfi

Department of Biomedical Science for Health, Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

Research Interests: laparoscopic surgery; gastrointestinal surgery; abdominal surgery; gastrointestinal oncology and gastroenterology

Contributions:

TENSION AT THE HIATUS: THE ROLE OF LENGTHENING PROCEDURES AND RELAXING INCISIONS IN PARAESOPHAGEAL HERNIAS. REVIEW OF CLINICAL STUDIES.

Special Issue:

Minimally Invasive Techniques for Repair of Hiatal Hernia

Davide Bona

Department of Biomedical Science for Health, Istitituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

Research Interests: minimally invasive upper GI surgery; gastrointestinal endoscopy; paraesophageal hernia repair; gastroesophageal reflux; inguinal hernia

Contributions:

TENSION AT THE HIATUS: THE ROLE OF LENGTHENING PROCEDURES AND RELAXING INCISIONS IN PARAESOPHAGEAL HERNIAS. REVIEW OF CLINICAL STUDIES.

Mario Costantini

Department of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.

Research Interests: esophageal achalasia; laparoscopic surgery; gastroesophageal reflux disease

Special Issue:

Minimally Invasive Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery: Advancements and Research

Fernando A. M. Herbella

Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Research Interests: physiology and surgery of the foregut

Contributions:

Preoperative workup, patient selection, surgical technique and follow-up for a successful laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication

One size fits all: laparoscopic Heller’s myotomy for the treatment of achalasia irrespective of the degree of dilatation

How I teach it - a didactic approach to laparoscopic surgery at the esophagogastric junction

Minimizing complications after minimally invasive surgery for epiphrenic diverticula of the esophagus: technical tips

Minimally invasive surgery for non-achalasia primary esophageal motility disorders is currently underused

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

Itasu Ninomiya

Department of Surgery, Fukui Prefectural Hospital, Fukui, Japan.

Research Interests: esophageal endoscopic surgery; robotic surgery; malignancy diagnosis of esophageal cancer; inhibition of metastasis of gastrointestinal cancer

Special Issue:

Minimally Invasive Esophageal Surgery

Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy (RAMIE): A New Treatment Paradigm for the Esophageal Cancer

Francisco Schlottmann

Department of Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA.

Research Interests: minimally invasive surgery; esophagus; GERD; achalasia; obesity; esophageal cancer

Contributions:

Minimally invasive surgery for non-achalasia primary esophageal motility disorders is currently underused

Laparoscopic Heller myotomy and robotic Heller myotomy When is it indicated?

Fukunaga Tetsu

Department of Gastroenterology and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

Research Interests: gastricand esophageal cancer; laparoscopic(robotic) gastrectomy; thoracosopic esophagectomy; laparoscopic endoscopic collaboration surgery; repair of ventral hernia

Contributions:

Current status of technique for Billroth-I anastomosis in totally laparoscopic distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer

Advances in the minimally invasive management of gastric and esophagogastric junction cancer

Pressure resistance evaluation in esophagojejunostomy using the transorally inserted anvil (OrVilTM)

Indocyanine Green (ICG) and Near-Infrared (NIR) Fluorescence imaging in Minimally Invasive Gastric Cancer Surgery

Pylorus-Preserving Gastrectomy for Early Middle Gastric Cancer (T1a–bN0M0) is Safer and More Effective than Distal Gastrectomy: A Comparative Review

Paolo Ubiali

Department of General Surgery, S. Maria degli Angeli Hospital, Pordenone, Italy.

Research Interests: oncological digestive surgery; robotics

Contributions:

Mini-invasive distal pancreatectomy: a feasible and cost-effective technique

Colorectal Surgery

Section Editor

Roel Hompes

Department of Surgery, Amsterdam University Medical Centres - location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Research Interests: general and digestive; colorectal; transanal and proctological surgery

Special Issue:

Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery

Advisory Editor

Davide Cavaliere

Department of General and Oncologic Surgery, Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy.

Research Interests: robotic surgery; minimally invasive surgery; general surgery; colorectum; colorectal surgery; rectal cancer; GIST; pancreatic surgery; pancreas; liver surgery; liver tumors

Special Issue:

Robotic-Assisted Colorectal Cancer Resection

Associate Editors

Biondi Alberto

General Surgery Department, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.

Research Interests: surgical Incology; upper GI surgery; esophageal and gastric cancer; colorectal surgery; minimally Invasive surgery; robotic surgery

Contributions:

Charles F. Bellows

Department of General Surgery, Southwest Memorial Hospital, Cortez, CO, USA.

Research Interests: stem cells; tissue reconstruction; colon cancer

Contributions:

Laparoscopic skills training of surgical residents: a comparison of two proficiency-based independent approaches

John Camilleri-Brennan

General and Colorectal Surgery, Forth Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Larbert, United Kingdom.

Research Interests: gall bladder surgery; hernia surgery; surgery and screening for colorectal cancer; inflammatory bowel disease; laparoscopic surgery; surgery for haemorrhoids and other anal and rectal conditions; surgery for rectal prolapse and rectocoele

Renato Costi

Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.

Research Interests: surgical oncology; colorectal cancer; colectomy; diverticular disease; pancreatic cancer; mini-invasive surgery

Simon Ng

Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Research Interests: minimally invasive and robotic surgery for colorectal diseases; advanced endoscopic therapy for colorectal diseases; multimodality treatment for colorectal cancer; colorectal cancer screening; molecular biomarkers for colorectal cancer; integrative medicine

Pierpaolo Sileri

Department of Surgery, Università Vita Salute, Milan, Italy.

Research Interests: inflammatory bowel disease; gastrointestinal cancer; colorectal surgery

Hepato-Biliary Surgery

Section Editor

Ho Seong Han

Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.

Research Interests: minimal invasive HBP surgery; HCC; pancreas cancer; biliary tract cancer

Contributions:

Minimally Invasive Surgery for Gallbladder Cancer at Expert Center

Minimally Invasive Anatomical Liver Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: a literature overview with technical and anatomical tips and tricks

Special Issue:

Minimally Invasive Surgery for HCC

ILLS 2025 and AIS: Congress Special Issue

Proceedings of ILLS 2025 Congress

Advisory Editors

Xiujun Cai

Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China

Research Interests: Hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, Minimally invasive surgery, Liver cancer, Liver regeneration, Instrument and equipment for minimally invasive surgery

Ioannis T. Konstantinidis

Department of Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX, USA.

Research Interests: liver cancer; biliary cancer; gallbladder cancer; robotic surgery; pancreas cancer; HIPEC

Fabrizio Panaro

Department of Surgery, Montpellier University Hospital-School of Medicine, Montpellier, France.

Research Interests: liver; pancreas; bile duct; liver/pancreas transplantation; MIS; robotic surgery

Associate Editors

Fernando A. Alvarez

General Surgery Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Research Interests: laparoscopic surgery; cancer diagnostics; surgical oncology; oncology; liver diseases; hepatocellular carcinoma; hepatobiliary surgery; pancreatic diseases

Contributions:

New trends in minimally invasive management of liver tumors

Special Issue:

New Trends in Minimally Invasive Management of Liver Tumors

Tan To Cheung

Department of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Research Interests: minimally invasive HBP surgery; liver cancer research; pancreas cancer research; biliary cancer research; liver transplant research

Chaoliu Dai

Department of General Surgery, China Medical University Shenyang, Shenyang, China

Research Interests: diagnosis and treatment of liver tumors, benign and malignant biliary tract diseases, pancreatic diseases, other difficult hepatobiliary diseases

Mariano Giménez

Department of Surgery, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire-Strasbourg (IHU-Strasbourg), Strasbourg, France.

Research Interests: percutaneous image guided surgery; minimally invasive hepato-pancreato-biliary (hpb) surgery

Andrew Gumbs

Departement de Chirurgie Digestive, de Poissy/Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Poissy, France.

Research Interests: hepatic-pancreatic-biliary surgery; robotic surgery

Contributions:

Clostridium difficile infection secondary to ileostomy closure

Searching for a better definition of robotic surgery: is it really different from laparoscopy?

Special Issue:

Searching for a Better Definition of Robotic Surgery: Is It Really Different from Laparoscopy?

Kit-fai Lee

Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Research Interests: robotic hepatectomy; robotic pancreatectomy; robot for mirizzi syndrome

Contributions:

A combined endoscopic and robotic approach for Mirizzi syndrome: the short- and long-term outcomes

Zhao Li

Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.

Research Interests: hepatocellular carcinoma, intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, immune microenvironment, molecular imaging, robotic surgery

Roberto Montalti

Department of Surgery, Naples University Faculty of Medicine, Naples, Italy

Research Interests: laparoscopic/robotic liver surgery, immunosuppression, hepatocellular carcinoma in liver transplantation

Contributions:

Intraoperative Celiac Axis Flow Measurement and Dynamic Surgical Strategies in Robotic Distal Pancreatectomy.

Zenichi Morise

Department of Surgery, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan.

Research Interests: gastroenterology; laparoscopic hepatectomy; hepatobiliary surgery; liver surgery; pancreatic surgery; hepatocellular carcinoma; surgical anatomy

Contributions:

Current status and future perspectives of minimally-invasive redo liver surgery - What can we add with technologies of simulation/navigation and robot?

Special Issue:

Current and Future Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Go Wakabayashi

Center for Advanced Treatment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases, Ageo Central General Hospital, Ageo, Japan.

Research Interests: hepato-pancreatic biliary surgery; liver transplantation; laparoscopic surgery

Feng Xia

Department of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Research Interests: hepatocellular carcinoma, Liver disease, Immunotherapy, Hapatobiliary surgery, hepatectomy, Radio frequency ablation

Pancreatic Surgery

Section Editor

Yuman C. Fong

Department of Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, California, CA, USA.

Research Interests: bile duct cancer; gallbladder cancer; gastrointestinal cancers; hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery; liver cancer; pancreatic cancer; robotic surgery

Contributions:

Minimally invasive treatment of gallbladder polyps

Special Issue:

Recent Advances in Minimally Invasive Pancreatico-Biliary Surgery

Advisory Editors

Andrea Belli

Department of Abdominal Oncology-HPB Surgery Unit, National Cancer Institute-Fondazione G. Pascale IRCCS, Naples, Italy.

Research Interests: abdominal surgical oncology; laparoscopic and robotic colorectal surgery; laparoscopic and robotic HPB surgery

Contributions:

Robotic surgery of gallbladder cancer

Aslam Ejaz

Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.

Research Interests: pancreatic cancer; liver resection; robotic surgery; health services research

Contributions:

A Narrative Review of the History and Recent Advances in Minimally-Invasive Pancreatic Resection

Associate Editors

Stefano Maria Massimiliano Basso

Department of General Surgery, S. Maria degli Angeli Hospital (ASFO), Pordenone, Italy.

Research Interests: surgical oncology; breast cancer; gastroenterological cancer; lung cancer; melanoma; emergency surgery

Contributions:

Mini-invasive distal pancreatectomy: a feasible and cost-effective technique

Liang Liu

Department of Pancreatic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Research Interests: pancreatic cancer, surgery, recurrence and metastasis, tumor microenvironment

Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery

Section Editor

Shanu Kothari

Department of Surgery, USC School of Medicine, Greenville, SC, USA.

Research Interests: gastric bypass; sleeve gastrectomy; surgical education; antireflux surgery

Special Issue:

Emerging Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery Techniques

Advisory Editors

Jerry Dang

Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

Research Interests: bariatric surgery; Roux-en-Y gastric bypass; sleeve gastrectomy; microbiome; obesity; diabetes; glucagon-like-peptide-1

Chetan Parmar

Department of Surgery, Whittington Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom.

Research Interests: bariatric surgery; gastric bypass; gastrectomy; reflux

Associate Editors

Benjamin L. Clapp

Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, El Paso, United States

Research Interests: bariatric surgery, foregut surgery, big data (MBSAQIP database, Texas inpatient database), neuro-ophthalmic changes after bariatric surgery

David Nocca

Digestive Surgery Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, Montpellier, France

Research Interests: Bariatric and upper GI surgery, Nissen Sleeve Gastrectomy, general, digestive, endocrine, and laparoscopic surgery

Luis Poggi

Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru.

Research Interests: GE junction physiology reflux disease, hiatal hernia repair, bariatric surgery, biliary tract, choledocolithiasis, bile duct exploratión, colon cancer, gastric cancer, hepatic resection, groin hernia, ventral hernia, adrenals and spleen pathology

Tomasz Rogula

Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland. Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH, United States.

Research Interests: weight loss surgery, advanced laparoscopic and robotic surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, hernia repair

Wah Yang

Department of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

Research Interests: metabolic and bariatric surgery; obesity; metabolic disorders

Special Issue:

Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

Clinical Advances in Bariatric Surgery: Current Trends, Outcomes, and Future Perspectives

Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: Current Situation and Future Challenges

Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery: Technological Breakthroughs and Clinical Advances

Jiangfan Zhu

Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, The 10th Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Research Interests: obesity, bariatric and metabolic surgery, gastroesophageal reflux disease after SG

Abdominal Wall and Hernia Surgery

Section Editor

William Hope

Department of Surgery, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, NC, USA.

Research Interests: minimally invasive surgery; robotic surgery; hernia surgery

Contributions:

Laparoscopic mesh repair of strangulated groin hernias requiring bowel resection

Are we following guidelines in inguinal hernia repair? An evaluation of practice patterns in the Abdominal Core Health Quality Collaborative

Special Issue:

Mastering in Minimally Invasive Surgery for Inguinal Hernia-Tips and Tricks

Advisory Editor

Luca Gordini

Robotic and General Surgery - GVM Care & Research Rome, Italy

Research Interests: hernia and abdominal wall surgery; digestive surgery; mini-invasive surgery; endocrine surgery

Special Issue:

Innovations in Hernia Repair and Mesh

Emergency and Trauma Surgery

Section Editor

Ferdinando Agresta

Department of General Surgery, Vittorio Veneto Hospital, Vittorio Veneto, Italy.

Research Interests: laparoscopy surgery; colon surgery; endoscopic surgery; emergency surgery; thoracic surgery

Advisory Editors

Belinda De Simone

Departement de Chirurgie Visceral, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Poissy/Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Poissy, France.

Research Interests: emergency surgery; laparoscopic surgery; trauma surgery; colorectal surgery; surgical oncology; bariatric surgery; hernia surgery; proctology

Contributions:

Clostridium difficile infection secondary to ileostomy closure

Searching for a better definition of robotic surgery: is it really different from laparoscopy?

Special Issue:

Searching for a Better Definition of Robotic Surgery: Is It Really Different from Laparoscopy?

Emerging Advancements in AI and Technology in Emergency Surgery and Acute Surgical Settings

Andy Petroianu

Department of Surgery, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Research Interests: spleen anatomy and functions; conservative surgeries on spleen; portal hypertension; acute appendicopathies; etiopathogeny; acute appendicitis; etiopathogeny; wound healing; digestive motility; peptic ulcer; oncologic surgeries; ethics in medicine

Thoracic Surgery

Section Editor

Yogesh Vashist

Department of Surgery, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, Goslar, Germany.

Research Interests: surgical oncology; esophageal cancer; gastric cancer; HPB cancer; lung cancer; mediastinal tumors; peritoneal neoplasy; HIPEC

Special Issue:

Minimally Invasive Treatment of Esophageal Diverticulum

Cutting-Edge Innovations in Laparoscopic and Robotic Upper GI Surgery

Advisory Editors

Ghulam Abbas

Division of Thoracic Surgery, West Virginia University (WVU) Medicine, Morgantown, WV, USA.

Research Interests: robotic segmentectomy and lobectomy for lung tumors; CT guided radiofrequency ablation for lung tumors; robotic/laparoscopic surgery for reflux; hiatal hernias and achalasia; cyberknife/ stereotactic body radiosurgery for lung cancer; minimally invasive esophagectomy for cancer

Noriyoshi Sawabata

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Nara Medical University School of Medicine, Kashihara, Japan.

Research Interests: thoracic surgery; lung cancer; mediatinal tumor; isolated tumor cells; circulating tumor cell

Contributions:

Pulmonary wedge resection for clinical stage I non-small cell lung cancer: a review of a mini-invasive treatment

Special Issue:

Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery

Associate Editors

Christopher Cao

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney University, Sydney, Australia.

Research Interests: lung cancer; thoracic surgery; cardiac surgery; robotic surgery; minimally invasive surgery

Marcello Migliore

Department of General and Medical Specialties, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.

Research Interests: innovation; minimally invasiveness in thoracic surgery; uniportal VATS; mesothelioma; lung metastases; TNM staging sytem; surgery for stage IV lung cancer

Alan D.L. Sihoe

Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Research Interests: video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS); uniportal; lung cancer; enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS)

Piergiorgio Solli

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ospedale Maggiore Largo Nigrisoli, Bologna, Italy.

Research Interests: thoracic oncology; innovation in thoracic surgery; minimally invasive thoracic surgery

Contributions:

Preface to special issue on “Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Thymus Gland”

Ruoyu Zhang

Department of Surgery, Klinikum Herford, University Hospital of Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.

Research Interests: general thoracic surgery; VATS lobectomy and segmentectomy; robotic assisted thoracic surgery; risk assessment; treatment of advanced lung cancer

Yong Zhang

Department of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China.

Research Interests: application of magnetic surgery techniques in thoracic surgery; innovation in thoracic surgery; minimally invasive thoracic surgery; uniportal VATS lobectomy and segmentectomy; robotic assisted thoracic surgery

Cardiac Surgery

Section Editor

Giuseppe Biondi Zoccai

Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy.

Research Interests: aortic stenosis; coronary artery disease; heart failure; machine learning; myocardial infarction

Special Issue:

Current and Future Applications of Artificial Intelligence for Invasive Cardiology

Advisory Editors

Azeem Latib

Department of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.

Research Interests: transcatheter aortic; mitral and tricuspid interventions

Special Issue:

Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair

Igor F. Palacios

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Research Interests: interventional cardiology; percutaneous treatment of structural heart disease; coronary artery disease; valvular heart disease

Contributions:

Percutaneous Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty - State of the Art

Urology

Section Editor

Riccardo Autorino

Department of Surgery, VCU Health, Richmond, VA, USA.

Research Interests: robotic surgery; urologic oncology; prostate cancer; kidney cancer; urothelial cancer

Contributions:

Single port partial nephrectomy: techniques and outcomes

Special Issue:

Radical Cystectomy and Urinary Diversions: Rationale, Patient Selection, Techniques, and Outcomes

Advisory Editors

Richard Naspro

Department of Urology, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy.

Research Interests: partial nephrectomy; laparoscopy; robotic surgery; minimally invasive treatment of BPH

Contributions:

An introduction to the special issue “Small Renal Masses (SRMs): update in diagnosis, management and new ablative modalities”

Introduction

Retroperitoneoscopic single site 3-D adrenalectomy for left adrenal renal cell carcinoma metastasis 20 years after left laparotomic radical nephrectomy

Juan Gómez Rivas

Department of Urology, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.

Research Interests: prostate cancer; kidney transplant; minimally invasive surgery

Contributions:

Improving oncological outcomes after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: what novel tools do we have?

Ischemia time in partial nephrectomy: to rush really matters?

Associate Editors

Riccardo Giuseppe Bertolo

Department of Urology, Università degli Studi di Verona, Verona, Italy

Research Interests: minimally invasive uro-oncological surgery, robotic-assisted congenital ureteral conditions, uro-oncology, kidney cancer, mini-laparoscopy, 3D laparoscopy, multi-port and single-port robotic surgery

Contributions:

Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy in patients with multiple ipsilateral renal tumors: single-centre experience

Special Issue:

Innovations in Robotic Surgery for Localized Renal Cancer

Giovanni E Cacciamani

Department of Urology, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Research Interests: prostate cancer; cystectomy; ileal orthotopic neobladder (IONB)

Geert De Naeyer

Department of Urology, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Clinic, Aalst, Belgium.

Research Interests: robotic prostatectomy; robotic partial nephrectomy; holmium laser enucleation of the prostate; robotic reconstructive surgery

Sey Kiat Terence Lim

Department of Urology, Changi General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.

Research Interests: endourological and minimally invasive urological surgeries; laparoscopic and robot-assisted surgeries of kidneys and prostates

Contributions:

A rare cause of ureteric stricture and hydronephrosis: metastatic esophageal cancer to the urinary bladder

Chi-Fai Ng

Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Research Interests: prostate cancer; BPH and voiding dysfunction in men; management of stone disease; urological complications secondary to substance abuse

Special Issue:

Current Management of Small Renal Masses: Is There an Optimal Choice?

Yasar Ozgok

Department of Urology, Yuksek Ihtisas University, Ankara, Turkey.

Research Interests: robotic surgery; bladder cancer; prostat cancer; cystoscopy; endoscopy; cystectomy; small bowel neobladder surgery

Gynecology

Section Editor

Simone Ferrero

Academic Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology, San Martino University Hospital IRCCS, Genoa, Italy.

Research Interests: endometriosis; fibroids (uterine myoma); cervical cancer; endometrial cancer; hysteroscopy

Special Issue:

Minimally Invasive Treatment of Endometriosis and Uterine Fibroids

Open Versus Minimally Invasive Surgery for Cervical Cancer

Endoscopy

Section Editor

Lee Swanström

Institute for Image Guided Surgery, Strasbourg, France; Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery, The Oregon Clinic, Portland, OR, USA.

Research Interests: surgical endoscopy; minimally invasive foregut surgery

Advisory Editors

Anastasios Koulaouzidis

Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Research Interests: Capsule endoscope, colonoscopy, microscopic colitis, colorectal cancer (CRC)

Jean‐François Rey

Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Institut Arnault Tzanck, St. Laurent du Var, France.

Research Interests: interventional endoscopy for bilio-pancreatic diseases; capsule endoscopy; enteroscopy

Contributions:

Forward: A new kind of endoscopists for advanced therapeutic endoscopy

Special Issue:

Interventional Endoscopy for Bilio-pancreatic Diseases: a Practical Approach

Capsule Endoscopy: Development Status and Future Expectations

Papers from the ENDO 2024: 4th World Congress of GI Endoscopy

Associate Editors

Zhuan Liao

Department of Gastroenterology, Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China.

Research Interests: endoscopy; capsule endoscopy; chronic pancreatitis

Stefano Pontone

Department of Surgical Sciences "R. Paolucci", "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

Research Interests: digestive endoscopy; surgical oncology; colorectal cancer; colon cancer; colonoscopy

Contributions:

Paucisymptomatic gastric anisakiasis: endoscopical removal of Anisakis sp. larva

Spinal Surgery

Section Editor

Yoshihisa Kotani

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kansai Medical University Medical Center, Osaka, Japan.

Research Interests: minimally invasive spine surgery; spinal deformity; computer-assisted spine surgery; robotic surgery; spinal reconstruction

Contributions:

Analysis of measures against mechanical complications in circumferential minimally invasive surgery for adult spinal deformity

Advisory Editors

Akihiko Hiyama

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.

Research Interests: minimally invasive spinal treatment; adult spinal deformity; computer-assisted spine surgery; cervical deformity; spinal trauma

Hisashi Koga

Department of Orthopaedics, Iwai Orthopaedic Medical Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

Research Interests: endoscopic spinal surgery; minimally invasive spinal surgery

Contributions:

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

Special Issue:

Percutaneous Endoscopic System for Spinal Diseases

Head and Neck Surgery

Section Editor

Ehab Hanna

Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

Research Interests: skull base tumors; robotic surgery of the skull base; endoscopic surgery of skull base; sinonasal cancers

Special Issue:

The Contemporary Management of Cancers of Sinonasal Tract

Associate Editors

Felice Esposito

Department of Neurosurgery, Federico II University of Naples, Naples, Italy.

Research Interests: endoscopic endonasal surgery; endoscopic surgery of the cerebral ventricles and CSF circulation; neuro-oncology; molecular imaging; biomaterials; stereotactic and functional neurosurgery; surgery of pain

Alfio Wo Ferlito

Coordinator of the International Head and Neck Scientific Group, Padua, Italy

Research Interests: Promoting international collaboration in head and neck surgery, oncology, and cancer research

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