Editor
Guangde Tu, BMC Series, Shanghai
Senior Editorial Board Members
Marco Allaix, University of Torino, Italy
René Fahrner, Bürgerspital Solothurn, Switzerland
Sebastian Fischer, BG Unfallklinik Ludwigshafen, Germany
Marco Petrillo, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy
Pasqualino Sirignano, Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
Ai-Min Wu, Wenzhou Medical University Second Affiliated Hospital, China
Editorial Board Members
Eirik Kjus Aahlin, University hospital of Northern Norway, Norway
Edo Aarts, Allurion Kliniek/ WeightWorks, Netherlands
Ziad Abbassi, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland
Emad Abdallah, Mansoura University, Egypt
Shalimar Abdullah, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
Gian Luigi Adani, University Hospital Udine, Italy
Faiz Ahmad, Emory University School of Medicine, USA
Nobuhisa Akamatsu, University of Tokyo, Japan
Sami Akbulut, Inonu University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey
Ilker Akcam, Ege University School of Medicine, Turkey
Onur Akcay, Cigli Training and Research Hospital, Turkey
Pier Francesco Alesina, Evang. Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Germany
Bahaaldin Alsoufi, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Saudi Arabia
Stefano Andrianello, University of Verona Hospital Trust, Italy
Hagen Andruszkow, University Hospital Aachen, Germany
Luca Ansaloni, Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Italy
Amedeo Anselmi, University of Rennes, France
Theerachai Apivatthakakul, Dept of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Francesco Ardito, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Andreas Bakoyiannis, Bioclinic, City Clinic, Greece
Arjun Ballal, Ballals' Healthcare, India
Carlo Banfi, Hopitaux Universitaire Genève, Switzerland
Omar Barakat, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
Dirk Bausch, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Toru Beppu, Yamaga City Medical Center, Japan
Franck Billmann, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Germany
Arianna Birindelli, ASST Valcamonica, Italy
Marco Borghesi, University of Bologna, Italy
Giuseppe Borzellino, University Hospital of Verona, Italy
Florin Botea, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Romania
Ismail Bouhout, Institut De Cardiologie de Montreal, Canada
Umberto Bracale, Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Stefan Breitenstein, Cantonal Hospital Winterthur, Switzerland
Paolo Bruzzone, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
Ufuk Çagirici, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey
Pietro Giorgio Calo, University of Cagliari, Italy
Giovanni Cammaroto, Morgagni Pierantoni-Hospital, Italy
Fabio Cesare Campanile, Ospedale Civita Castellana, Italy
Riccardo Campi, University of Florence, Italy
Marco Caricato, Campus Bio-Medico University of Roma, Italy
Giuseppe Cavallaro, Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza Facolta di Medicina e Odontoiatria, Italy
Marco Ceresoli, Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Yichao Chai, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Kao-Ping Chang, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Taiwan
Vincent Chauvette, Montreal University, Canada
Marco Chiappetta, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Simone Conci, University of Verona, Italy
Giovanni Conzo, Second University of Naples, Italy
Daniele Crocetti, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Derly Cuellar, Columbia University, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, USA
Giacomo Cusumano, University Hospital Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele, Italy
Salomone Di Saverio, Maggiore History of Bologna, Italy
Yannick Diehm, Brigham and Women´s Hospital, United States
Giovanni Docimo, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy
Gianluca Donatini, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers
Traian Dumitrascu, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Romania
Mohammed El-Said, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Egypt
Aslam Ejaz, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, USA
Hossam Elfeki, Mansoura University Faculty of Medicine, Egypt
Sameh H Emile, Mansoura University, Egypt
Oliver Eng, University of Chicago, USA
Johannes Fakler, University of Leipzig, Germany
Mariano Fernandez-Fairen, Instituto de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología de Barcelona, Spain
Francesco Ferrara, San Carlo Borromeo Hospital, Italy
Michael Flierl, University of Colorado, USA
Lisa Flynn, Wayne State University, USA
Giampaolo Formisano, Misericordia Hospital, Italy
Elisa Francone, The University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy
Marco Frascio, Universita degli Studi di Genova Scuola di Scienze Mediche e Farmaceutiche, Italy
Michael Froehner, Technical University of Dresden, Germany
Gaetano Gallo, University of Catanzarp, Italy
Giuseppe Galzerano, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Italy
Claudio Gambardella, Universita degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy
Clemens Gerstenkorn, German Healthcare, EU, Germany
Antonio Giuliani, Unit of General and Emergency Surgery, AOR San Carlo, Potenza, Italy
Raffaele Grande, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Ugo Grossi, University of Padua, Italy
Ali Guner, Trabzon Numune Training and Research Hospital, Turkey
Ali Can Hatemi, Istanbul University, Institute of Cardiology, Turkey
Firdaus Hayati, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
Boris Michael Holzapfel, Julius-Maximilians-University of Wuerzburg, Germany
Yingqi Hua, Shanghai First People's Hospital, China
Hiroyuki Inose, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
Angelo Iossa, University of Rome "Sapienza", Italy
Tomoyuki Irino, Keio Univresity School of Medicine, Japan
Howard Jen, University of California Los Angeles, USA
Harsh Kanhere, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Australia
Radwan Kassir, CHU Felix Guyon, France
Önder Kavurmacı, Izmir Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital, Turkey
Chi Heon Kim,Seoul National University Hospital, South Korea
Sualeh Muslim Khan, Dow University of Health Sciences, Pakistan
Kostiantyn Kopchak, National Institute of Surgery and Transplantation, Ukraine
Irmgard Kronberger, Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck, Austria
Sven Arke Lang, University of Freiburg, Germany
Augusto Lauro, St.Orsola University Hospital, Italy
Marzia Leacche, Vanderbilt Medical Center, USA
Krzysztof Letachowicz, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland
Guang-Xun Lin, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, China
Kerstin Lorenz, University Hospital Halle, Germany
Francesco Saverio Lucido, University of Campania of Naples, Italy
Nikolaos Machairas, National and Kapodstrian University of Athens, Greece
Antonio Manenti, University of Modena & Reggio Emilia, Italy
Wassim Mansour, Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza Facolta di Medicina e Psicologia, Italy
Guglielmo Mantica, Policlinico San Martino Hospital, Italy
Malek Massad, University of Illinois, USA
Amine Mazine, Montreal Heart Institute, Canada
Michele Marconi, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Italy
Goran Marjanovic, University of Freiburg, Germany
Cyril Mauffrey, Denver Health Medical Centre, USA
Giovanni Merola, AOUP Federico II Napoli, Italy
Islam Metwally, Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS trust, UK
Petros Mirilas, Emory University School of Medicine, USA
Shahin Mohseni, Orebro University Hospital, Sweden
Nunzio Montelione, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Italy
Mario Musella, Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Giuseppe Nigri, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Xiaohui Niu, Beijing Ji Shui Tan Hospital, Peking University, China
Patrick Olivier, Myers Children's Hospital Boston, USA
Ali Fahir Özer, Koc University School of Medicine, Turkey
Duilio Pagano, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Italy
Ik Seong Park, Catholic University of Korea Bucheon Saint Mary's Hospital, South Korea
Chetan Parmar, Whittington Hospital, UK
Gianluca Pellino, Second University of Naples, Italy
Davide Pertile, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Italy
Alberto Polimeni, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy
Andrea Polistena, Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Maria di Terni, Italy
Marco Raffaelli, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Falk Rauchfuß, University Hospital Jena, Germany
Stefano Rausei, ASST Valle Olona, Italy
Ottavio Rena, University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy
Beate Richter, Hufeland Klinikum GmbH, Germany
Aldo Rocca, Medicine and Health Sciences University of Molise, Italy
Camiel Rosman, Radboudumc, Netherlands
Taimur Saleem, The Rane Center for Venous and Lymphatic Diseases at St Dominic Hospital, USA
Giuseppe Sammarco, University of Catanzaro University of Catanzaro, Italy
Alvaro Sanabria, University of Antioquia, Colombia
Gabriel Sandblom, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Gregorio Santori, University of Genoa, Italy
Asahi Sato, Shiga General Hospital, Japan
Stefano Scabini, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Italy
Miren A Schinco, Univerity of Florida, USA
Kevin Schuster, Yale School of Medicine, USA
Raffaele Serra, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Italy
Alberto Settembrini, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’Granda Policlinico, Italy
Mostafa Shalaby, Mansoura University, Egypt
Lizong Shen, First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, China
Dongquan Shi, Drum Tower Hospital affiliated to Medical School of Nanjing University, China
Maurizio Sodo, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Cosimo Sperti, University of Padua, Italy
Cesare Stabilini, Universita degli Studi di Genova Scuola di Scienze Mediche e Farmaceutiche, Italy
Davor Stamenovic, Medical Faculty of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
Felix Strübing, BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, Germany
Mikhail Tavobilov, Botkin's Municipal Hospital, Russian
Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Valeria Tonini, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Italy
Akif Turna, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Italy
Samuele Vaccari, "La Sapienza" University, Italy
Antonio C Valezi, State University of Londrina, Brazil
Massimiliano Veroux, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele Catania, Italy
Nereo Vettoretto, M.Mellini Hospital, Italy
Antonio Vitiello, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Ernst von Dobschuetz, University of Freiburg, Germany
Ulrich Friedrich Wellner, UKSH Campus LübecK, Germany
Clement M.L. Werner, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
Uwe A Wittel, Universitätsklinik Freiburg, Germany
Janus Wong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, China
Kai Pun Wong, The University of Hong Kong, China
Zhouqiao Wu, Peking University Cancer Hospital, China
Jincai Yang, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, China
Peng Yin, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, China
Naoyuki Yokoyama, Niigata City General Hospital, Japan
Segii Zemskov, Bogomolets Natioanl Medical University, Ukraine
Joel Zindel, University Clinic for Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Canada
Tobias Zingg, Yale University, USA
Carmine Zoccali, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Italy
Jun Zou, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, China
Editorial Advisors
Markus Buchler, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Nigel Bundred, South Manchester University Hospital, UK
Carlos A Muro-Cacho, University of South Florida, USA
Robert Sawyer, University of Virginia, USA
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