International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
Editor-in-Chief
Professor David Rosin, Barbados, West Indies
Professor Hasan Alam, Michigan, USA
Professor Raafat Afifi, Cairo, Egypt
Dr Juan Barret, Barcelona, Spain
Mr Ben Challacombe, London, UK
Dr Xaio-ping Chen, Wuhan, China
Professor Roberto Coppola, Rome, Italy
Dr Veerappan Kasivisvanathan, London, UK
Dr Richard Keijzer, Winnipeg, Canada, USA
Dr Boris Kirshtein, Beer Sheva, Israel
Dr Rafid Al-Mahfoudh, Oxford, UK
Dr Hussein Atta, Boston, USA
Dr Mohammad Bashashati, Texas, USA
Professor Somprakus Basu, Varanasi, India
Mr Andrew Beamish, Cardiff, UK
Dr Anthony Charles, North Carolina, USA
Dr Amitava Das, Hyderabad, India
Dr Brian Davis, Texas, USA
Statistical Editors
Professor Nora Donaldson, London, UK
Professor Mary W Gray, Washington DC, USA
Ahmed Al-Jabir, London, UK
Zaid Alsafi, London, UK
Thomas Franchi, Sheffield, UK
Christos Iosifides, London, UK
Sir Graeme Catto, London, UK
Professor David Cooper, Pittsburgh, USA
Lord Ara Darzi, London, UK
Professor Harold Ellis, London, UK
Sir Barry Jackson, London, UK
Raj Badwe
Mumbai, India
Michael Boscoe
Middlesex, UK
Rapheal Bueno
Boston, USA
Kris Chatamra
Bangkok, Thailand
Paul Coulthard
Manchester, UK
Anil d’Cruz
Mumbai, India
Mahesh Desai
Mumbai, India
David W. Green
London, UK
Executive Publisher
Ash Allan, Oxford, UK
Administrative Editor
Josie Hutchins, Oxford, UK
Marketing Manager
Jayne Dawkins, Philadelphia, USA
Processed at Thomson Digital, Gangtok (India)
Managing and Executive Editor
Dr Riaz Agha, London, UK
Assistant Managing Editor
Maliha Agha, London, UK
Senior Editors
Dr Burcin Ekser, Indianapolis, USA Professor Jamsheer Talati, Karachi, Pakistan
H.B. Hechtman, Boston, USA Dr Mangesh Thorat, London, UK
Professor Joseph W Y Lau, Shatin, Hong Kong Professor Fu Chan Wei, Tapei, Taiwan
Dr Oliver Muensterer, New York, USA Professor Rudy Leon De Wilde, Oldenburg,
Dr Selwyn Rogers, Galveston, Texas Germany
Associate Editors
Professor James McCaul, London, UK Mr Shahzad Raja, London, UK
Miss Emma McGlone, London, UK Dr Kandiah Raveedran, Ipoh, Malaysia
Dr Dattatraya Muzumdar, Mumbai, India Simon Wakefield, Middlesbrough, UK
Professor Andy Petroianu, Minas Gerais, Brazil Dr Daniel Yeh, Boston, USA
Assistant Editors
M.E. Erdil, İstanbul, Turkey Dr Indraneil Mukherjee, Staten Island, USA
Dr Susana Adriana Esquivel, Córdoba, Mexico Dr Enyi Ofo, Adelaide, South Australia
Professor Sheng Feng, Shanghai, China Dr Lena Perger, Albuquerque, USA
T. Manning Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia Professor Prathamesh S Pai, Mumbai, India
J. Gómez Rivas, Madrid, Spain
Dr Haytham Kaafarani, Massachusetts, USA Dr Alfredas Smailys, Kaunas, Lithuania
Dr Yogeesh Kamat, Karnataka, India Dr Dieter Weber, Perth, Australia
Mr Omar Khan, London, UK Dr Honggyi Zhu, Shanghai, China
Society Representative
J. Burke, BSc (Hons) MBChB MRCS PGCert
President of the Association of Surgeons in Training United Kingdom
Gene F. Coppa, President of the New York Surgical Society
Xiao-ping Chen, President of the Chinese Chapter of International
Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
Social Media Editor
Dr Riaz Agha, London, UK
Assistant Commissioning Editors
Ahmed Kerwan, London, UK Niamh O’Neill, London, UK
Mehdi Khan, London, UK Catrin Sohrabi, London, UK
Ginimol Matthew, London, UK
Maria Nicola, London, UK
Executive Committee
Professor Arthur Li Kwok-Cheung, Wanchai, Professor Susan Standring, London, UK
Hong Kong Lord Robert Winston, London, UK
Professor C H Leong, Central, Hong Kong
Lord Ian McColl, London, UK Sir Magdi Yacoub, London, UK
John Norcini, Philadelphia, USA
Editorial Board
Iraj Harirchi Aníbal R. Núñez De Pierro Martin R. Weiser
Tehran, Iran Buenos Aires, Argentina New York, USA
Doris Henne-Bruns Reuben Orda Yixin Zhang
Ulm, Germany Tel Aviv, Israel Shanghai, China
Delawir Kahn Vladimir Semiglazov Jun Zhong
Cape Town, South Africa St. Petersburg, Russia Shanghai, China
Xiaoxi Lin Tejinder Singh
Ludhiana, India Zhao-Fan Xia
Shanghai, China Shanghai, China
Ashok Mahapatra Barbara L. Smith
New Delhi, India Boston, USA
Indraneel Mittra Tehemton Udwadia
Mumbai, India Mumbai, India
Vijay Naraynsingh M. C. Warlé
West Indies Nijmegen, Netherlands
Fabio Nicoli J. Wee
London, UK Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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