Mini-invasive Surgery

Editorial Board

Honorary Editor-in-Chief

Michel Gagner

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

White paper: definitions of artificial intelligence and autonomous actions in clinical surgery
Special Issue:
Magnetic Digestive Surgery

Editor-in-Chief

Giulio Belli

giubelli@unina.it

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:
HPB Robotic Surgery

Associate Editors

Ferdinando Agresta

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

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

Department of General Surgery and Urgency, University of Palermo, Sicily, Italy; Postgraduate School of General Surgery, University of Cagliari, Cagliari CA, Italy.

Research Interests: hernia; mini-invasive surgery; experimental surgery; regenerative scaffolds; physiopathology of the abdominal wall
Riccardo Autorino

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

Research Interests: robotic surgery; urologic oncology; prostate cancer; kidney cancer; urothelial cancer
Special Issue:
Radical Cystectomy and Urinary Diversions: Rationale, Patient Selection, Techniques, and Outcomes
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
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
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
Special Issue:
Recent Advances in Minimally Invasive Pancreatico-Biliary Surgery
Farid Gharagozloo

Center for Advanced Thoracic Surgery, Global Robotics Institute, Advent Health Celebration, University of Central Florida, Celebration, FL, USA.

Research Interests: robotic thoracic surgery; surgery for benign and malignant esophageal disorders; surgery for advanced thoracic malignancies
Contributions:
Robotic lateral heller myotomy without fundoplication for achalasia

Robotic selective thoracic sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis

The technique of robotic lobectomy II: left sided lobes

Technique of robotic first rib resection for thoracic outlet syndrome

Minimally invasive surgical approaches to thoracic sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis
Special Issue:
Surgical Techniques in Robotic Surgery
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:
Minimally invasive surgery for non-achalasia primary esophageal motility disorders is currently underused

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

Achalasia management: the South American viewpoint

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
Special Issue:
Achalasia Management: The South American Viewpoint
Ninomiya Itasu

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
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
Special Issue:
Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery for Adult Spinal Deformity: State of the Art and Challenges
Richard Naspro

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

Research Interests: partial nephrectomy; laparoscopy; robotic surgery; minimally invasive treatment of BPH
Contributions:
Retroperitoneoscopic single-site 3D adrenalectomy for left adrenal renal cell carcinoma metastasis 20 years after left laparotomic radical nephrectomy

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

Robotic Surgery in Urology: Present and Future
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
Jean‐François Rey

Hepato-Gastroenterology Department, 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
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
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

Editorial Board Members

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
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
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
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
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
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
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:
New Translational, Clinical, and Preventive Perspectives in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease: Focus on Exercise
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
Nicole D. Bouvy

Department of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands.

Research Interests: gastric surgery; gallbladder surgery; fracture surgery; adhesiolysis; spleen and adrenal surgery
Giovanni Cacciamani

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Research Interests: pancreatic cancer; liver resection; robotic surgery; health services research
Alaa El-Hussuna

Department of Surgery, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.

Research Interests: the effect of biological treatment on post-operative outcome in patients with IBD; surgical stress response; chronic stress and development of colorectal cancers; perianal fistula in Crohn’s disease; surgical wound healing
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
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

Gynecological Cancer: Current Status and Future Challenges
Luca Gordini

Department of General Surgery, Gruppo San Donato, Milan, Italy.

Research Interests: hernia and abdominal wall surgery; digestive surgery; mini-invasive surgery; endocrine surgery
Andrew A. Gumbs

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

Research Interests: hepatic-pancreatic-biliary surgery; robotic surgery
Contributions:
Searching for a better definition of robotic surgery: is it really different from laparoscopy?

Clostridium difficile infection secondary to ileostomy closure

White paper: definitions of artificial intelligence and autonomous actions in clinical surgery

Why Artificial Intelligence Surgery (AIS) is better than current Robotic-Assisted Surgery (RAS)
Special Issue:
Searching for a Better Definition of Robotic Surgery: Is It Really Different from Laparoscopy?
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 an expert center

Minimally invasive surgery for HCC

The role of minimally invasive surgery in the treatment of HCC

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
Ehab Y. 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
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
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
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
Special Issue:
Mastering in Minimally Invasive Surgery for Inguinal Hernia-Tips and Tricks
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
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
Shanu Kothari

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

Research Interests: gastric bypass; sleeve gastrectomy; surgical education; antireflux surgery
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
Kit-fai Lee

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

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
Zhuan Liao

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

Research Interests: endoscopy; capsule endoscopy; chronic pancreatitis
Sey Kiat Terence Lim

Department of Urology, Changi General Hospital, Changi, 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
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
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:
Reflux following bariatric surgery

Large hiatal hernia: minimizing early and long-term complications after minimally invasive repair
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 of laparoscopic repeat liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma
Special Issue:
Current and Future Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Chi-Fai Ng

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

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?
Simon Ng

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

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
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
Special Issue:
Complications of Urologic Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery
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
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:
Laparoscopic Heller myotomy and robotic Heller myotomy: when is it indicated?

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

One size fits all: laparoscopic Heller’s myotomy for the treatment of achalasia irrespective of the degree of dilatation
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
Special Issue:
Minimally Invasive Surgery for Appendicitis
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
Aliu Sanni

Department of Metabolic & Bariatric Center of Excellence (MBSAQIP), Eastside Medical Center, Snellville, GA, USA.

Research Interests: laparoscopic surgery; general surgery minimally invasive surgery; gastrointestinal disease; colorectal cancer
Contributions:
Maternal and fetal delivery outcomes in pregnancies following bariatric surgery: a meta-analysis of the literature
Francisco Schlottmann

Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at 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?
Alan D.L. Sihoe

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

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

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

Research Interests: inflammatory bowel disease; gastrointestinal cancer; colorectal surgery
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”
Special Issue:
Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Thymus Gland
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
Contributions:
White paper: definitions of artificial intelligence and autonomous actions in clinical surgery
F 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:
Advances in the minimally invasive management of gastric and esophagogastric junction cancer

Current status of technique for Billroth-I anastomosis in totally laparoscopic distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer
Special Issue:
Advances in the minimally invasive management of gastric and esophagogastric junction cancer

The Era of Minimally Invasive Surgery for Gastric Cancer
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
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
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
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
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

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