Editor-in-Chief
Horacio J. Asbun, MD, FACS
Baptist Hospital of Miami
Miami, FL
Editors
Horacio J. Asbun, MD, FACS
Baptist Hospital of Miami
Miami, FL
David A. Geller, MD, FACS
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Contributors
John D. Abad, MD
Indiana University Health Goshen Center for Cancer Care
Goshen, IN
Pietro Addeo, MD
Hopitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France
Aditya Agrawal, MS, FRCS, MD
University Paris DesCartes
Paris, France
Fernando Alvarez, MD
General Surgery Service and Liver Transplant Unit
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Victoria Ardiles, MD
General Surgery Service and Liver Transplant Unit
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Xabier de Aretxabala, MD, FACS
Universidad de Chile
Clinica Alemana
Santiago, Chile
Shunichi Ariizumi, MD
Department of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology
Tokyo Women's Medical University
Tokyo, Japan
Horacio J. Asbun, MD, FACS
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL
Philippe Bachellier, MD, PhD
Hôpital de Haoutepierre
Hopitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France
Andrea Belli, MD
IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione G Pascale
Naples, Italy
Giulio Belli, MD
Department of General and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery
S.M. Loreto Nuovo Hospital
Naples, Italy
Damien Bergeat, MD
Service de Chirurgie Hépatobiliaire et Digestive
Hôpital Pontchaillou
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
Université de Rennes 1
Rennes, France
Karim Boudjema, MD, PhD
Service de Chirurgie Hépatobiliaire et Digestive
Hôpital Pontchaillou
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
Université de Rennes 1
Rennes, France
Steven P. Bowers, MD
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL
Mellena D. Bridges, MD
Mayo Clinic Florida
Jacksonville, FL
Kimberly M. Brown, MD, FACS
University of Texas Medical Branch
Department of Surgery, John Sealy Hospital
Galveston, TX
Joseph Buell, MD
Tulane University and LSU Health System
New Orleans, LA
Xiujun Cai, PhD, MD, FACS
Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery of Zhejiang University
Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Daniel Cherqui, MD
Paul Brousse Hospital, Universite Paris Sud
Villejuif, France
Jai Young Cho, MD, PhD
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Seongnam-si, Gyeongggi-do, Korea
Gi Hong Choi, MD, PhD
Division of HBP Surgery, Department of Surgery
Yonsei University College of Medicine
Seoul, Korea
Jin Sub Choi, MD
Division of HBP Surgery, Department of Surgery
Yonsei University College of Medicine
Seoul, Korea
Luigi Cioffi, MD
Department of General and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery
S.M. Loreto Nuovo Hospital
Naples, Italy
Daniel Cusati, MD
Northwest Surgical Specialists
Sacred Heart Medical Center
Springfield, OR
Alberto D'Agostino, MD
Department of General and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery
S.M. Loreto Nuovo Hospital
Naples, Italy
Daniel J. Deziel, MD, FACS
Department of General Surgery
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Eduardo Diaz, MD
Madrid Sanchinarro University Hospital
San Pablo University. CEU
Madrid, Spain
Hipolito Duran, MD, PhD
Madrid Sanchinarro University Hospital
San Pablo University. CEU
Madrid, Spain
Luciana J. El-Kadre, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery
São José do Avaí Hospital
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Enrique Esteban, MD
General Surgery Service
Torrejon University Hospital
Madrid, Spain
Corrado Fantini, MD
Department of General and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery
S.M. Loreto Nuovo Hospital
Naples, Italy
Pascal R. Fuchshuber, MD, PhD, FACS
The Permanente Medical Group
Walnut Creek, CA
Pablo Galindo, MD
General Surgery Service
Torrejon University Hospital
Madrid, Spain
T. Clark Gamblin, MD, MS
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
Artemio Gacía-Badiola, MD
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición
Salvador Zubirán, Mexico
Alvaro Garcia-Sesma, MD
Department of General Surgery
Alimentary Tract and Abdominal Organ Transplantation
12 De Octubre University Hospital
Madrid, Spain
Sébastien Gaujoux, MD, PhD
Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery
Pôle des Maladies de l'Appareil Digestif (PMAD), AP-HP
Hospital Beaujon Clichy, France
Brice Gayet, MD, PhD
Diseases Université Paris Descartes
Institut Mutualiste Montsouris
Paris, France
David A. Geller, MD, FACS
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Ross F. Goldberg, MD
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Phoenix, AZ
Ho-Seong Han, MD, PhD
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Seongnam-si, Gyeongggi-do, Korea
Takuya Hashimoto, MD
University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
Juan Hepp, MD, FACS
Universidad del Desarrollo
Clinica Alemana
Santiago, Chile
Christopher B. Hughes, MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA
Daniel Jaeck, MD, PhD, FRCS
Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation
Hôpital de Haoutepierre
Hopitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France
William R. Jarnagin, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY
Toshiya Kamiyama, MD, FACS
Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine
Hokkaido University (Matsushita)
Sapporo, Japan
Emad Kandil, MD, FACS
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA
Hironori Kaneko, MD, PhD, FACS
Toho University Omori Medical Center
Tokyo, Japan
Satoshi Katagiri, MD
Department of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology
Tokyo Women's Medical University
Tokyo, Japan
Michael D. Kluger, MD, MPH
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, NY
Jorge Leon, MD, FACS
Clinica Alemana
Santiago, Chile
Joel Lewin, MBBS
University of Queensland
Royal Brisbane Hospital
Brisbane, Australia
Paolo Limongelli, MD, PhD
Department of General and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery
S.M. Loreto Nuovo Hospital
Naples, Italy
J. Peter A. Lodge, MD, FRCS
University of Leeds
St. James's University Hospital
Leeds, United Kingdom
Carmelo Loinaz, MD, PhD, FACS
Alimentary Tract and Abdominal Organ Transplantation
12 De Octubre University Hospital
Madrid, Spain
Marcel Autran C. Machado, MD, PhD
University of São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
Masatoshi Makuuchi, MD
Japanese Red Cross Medical Center
Tokyo, Japan
Manuel Marcello, MD
Alcorcon Foundation University Hospital
Madrid, Spain
Saleh A. Massasati, MD
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana
Miguel A. Mercado, MD, FACS
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición
Salvador Zubirán, Mexico
Marc G. Mesleh, MD
Mayo Clinic Florida
Jacksonville, FL
David M. Nagorney, MD
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester, MN
Yuji Nimura, MD, FASA (Hon), FESA (Hon), FAFC (Hon)
Nagoya University
Nagoya, Japan
Nicholas O'Rourke, FRACS
Royal Brisbane Hospital
Brisbane, Australia
Yuichiro Otsuka, MD, PhD
Toho University, Faculty of Medicine
Toho University Omori Medical Center
Tokyo, Japan
Martin Palavecino, MD
HPB Surgery Unit
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Michael Parker, MD
Middlesex Hospital
Middletown, CT
Juan Pekolj, MD, PhD, FACS
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Karen Pineda, MD
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición
Salvador Zubirán, Mexico
Yolanda Quijano, MD, PhD
Madrid Sanchinarro University Hospital
San Pablo University. CEU
Madrid, Spain
Ivan Roa, MD
Creative Bioscience
Santiago, Chile
Sasan Roayaie, MD
Icahn School of Medicine
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY
Gianluca Russo, MD, PhD
Department of General and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery
S.M. Loreto Nuovo Hospital
Naples, Italy
Eduardo de Santibañes, MD, PhD, FACS
General Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tsuyoshi Shimamura, MD
Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine
Hokkaido University (Matsushita)
Sapporo, Japan
Esteban Sieling, MD
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nicolas Solano, MD, FACS
Department of Surgery
Quillota Hospital
Quillota, Chile
Olivier Soubrane, MD
Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Paris, France
John Stauffer, MD, FACS
Mayo Clinic Florida
Jacksonville, FL
Laurent Sulpice, MD
Hôpital Pontchaillou
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
Université de Rennes 1
Rennes, France
Kyoichi Takaori, MD, PhD
Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
Yutaka Takahashi, MD
Tokyo Women's Medical University
Tokyo, Japan
Ken Takasaki, MD
Tokyo Women's Medical University
Tokyo, Japan
Jehovah Guimarães Tavares, MD
Department of Surgery
São José do Avaí Hospital
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Augusto C. A. Tinoco, MD, PhD, FACS
Department of Surgery
São José do Avaí Hospital
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Renam C. Tinoco, MD, PhD, FACS
Department of Surgery
São José do Avaí Hospital
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Koji Tomiyama, MD
Graduate School of Medicine
Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
Satoru Todo, MD, PhD
Research Institute of Saint Mary's Hospital
Kurume, Japan
Kiran K. Turaga, MD, MPH, FACS
Medical College of Wisconsin
Froedtert Hospital
Milwaukee, WI
Ching-Wei D. Tzeng, MD
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
Shinji Uemoto, MD, PhD
Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
Yoo-Seok Yoon, MD, PhD
Seoul National University College of Medicine
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Seongnam-si, Gyeongggi-do, Korea
Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, MD, FACS
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Emilio Vicente, MD, PhD, FACS
Service of General and Digestive Surgery
Madrid Sanchinarro University Hospital
San Pablo University. CEU
Madrid, Spain
Go Wakabayashi, MD, PhD, FACS
Iwate Medical University
Morioka, Japan
Yifan Wang, MD, PhD
Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery of Zhejiang University
Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Matthew J. Weiss, MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Masakazu Yamamoto, MD
Department of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology
Tokyo Women's Medical University
Tokyo, Japan
Kotera Yoshihito, MD
Department of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology
Tokyo Women's Medical University
Tokyo, Japan
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