Mini-invasive Surgery

Editorial Board

Honorary Editor-in-Chief

Michel Gagner

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

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
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; Jean Monnet University, Lugano, Switzerland.

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 Surgery and Advanced Oncologic Therapy, Department of Surgery - Forlì Hospital, Forli, 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
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
Ninomiya Itasu

Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, 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
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

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, 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.
Contributions:
Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for excess weight and diabetes: a multicenter retrospective cohort study in China
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
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
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
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
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
Tetsu Fukunaga

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
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
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
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
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
Akihiko Hiyama

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, 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 W. 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
Elio Jovine

Department of Surgery, Local Health Authority of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.

Research Interests: Pancreatic surgery; Liver transplant surgery; Biliary surgery
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, Texas, USA.

Research Interests: Liver cancer; Biliary cancer; Gallbladder cancer; Robotic surgery; Pancreas cancer; HIPEC
Azeem Latib

Department of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY, United States.

Research Interests: Transcatheter aortic; Mitral and tricuspid interventions
Special Issue:
Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair
Kitfai Lee

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

Research Interests: Robotic hepatectomy; Robotic pancreatectomy; Robot for mirizzi syndrome
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:
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
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
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
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 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
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)
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 Swanstrom

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
Paolo Ubiali

Department of Surgery, 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, Division of Endocrine and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA.

Research Interests: Gastric cancer; GERD; Achalasia; Endoflip
Special Issue:
Foregut Disease：Minimally Invasive and Innovation Therapeutics
Ruoyu Zhang

Division of Thoracic Surgery, 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

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