Editors

The Official Journal of the Austrian Society of Surgery and its Affiliated Societies, the Association of Surgeons of the Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Croatian Surgical Society, the Czech Surgical Society (Member of the Czech Medical Society), the European Society of Surgery, the Hungarian Surgical Society, the Kosova College of Surgeons, the Slovak Surgical Society, the Slovenian Association of Surgeons, and the European Federation for ColoRectal Cancer
 

Editor in Chief

Franz Martin Riegler, MD, Reflux & Health Care, Vienna, Austria
http://www.refluxordination.at

Associate Editor:

Heinz F. Wykypiel, MD, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
 

Faculty Board

Klaus Emmanuel, MD, FACS, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria (Executive Chairman)
Matthias Biebl, MD, Ordensklinikum Linz, Linz, Austria 
Walter Brunner, MD, Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Sabine Gabor, MD, Hospital Oberwart, Oberwart, Austria
Peter Grimminger, MD, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany
Hubert Hauser, MD, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Sigrid Kastl, MD, PhD, St. Josef Hospital, Braunau, Austria
Tobias Keck, MD, University Medical Center Schleswig Holstein, Luebeck, Germany 
Oliver Koch, MD, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Ingmar Königsrainer, MD, PhD, Hospital Feldkirch, Austria 
Friedrich Längle, MD, Hospital Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Reinhard Mittermair, MD, Klinikum Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Klagenfurt, Austria
Thomas Niernberger, MD, Hospital Oberwart, Oberwart, Austria
Dietmar Öfner-Velano, MD, MAS, MSc, FACS, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Sebastian Roka, MD (General Surgery), Klinik Donaustadt,  Vienna, Austria
Robert Rosenberg, MD, Cantonal Hospital Baselland, Liestal, Switzerland
Stefan Schneeberger, MD, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Sebastian F. Schoppmann, MD, FACS (MUW-CCC), Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Andreas Shamiyeh, MD, Kepler University Hospital, Linz, Austria
Oliver Strobel, MD, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria 
Robert Sucher, MD, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Helmut Weiss, MD, SJOG Hospital, Salzburg, Austria
Matthias Zitt, MD, Dornbirn General Hospital, Dornbirn, Austria

Editorial Board

Goran Augustin, MD, PhD, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Marko Bašković, MD, PhD, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Andrea Berghold, PhD, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria (Statistical Advisor)
Hugo F. Bonatti, MD, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
Luigi Bonavina, MD, University of Milano, San Donato Milanese, Italy
Zdrinko Brekalo, Clinical Hospital Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Vladimir Červinka, MD, PhD, FICS, Pardubice General  Hospital, Pardubice, Czech Republic
Parakrama T. Chandrasoma, MD, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Samir Delibegovic, MD, PhD, FACS, University Clinical Center Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Gregory L. Falk, MBBS FRACS FACS, Sydney Heartburn Clinic, Lindfield, Australia
Enver Fekaj, MD, MSc, PhD, University Clinical Center of Kosovo, Prishtina, Kosovo
Michael Gnant, MD, FACS, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Thomas Grünberger, Rudolfstiftung Hospital, Vienna, Austria
Astrit Hamza, MD, PhD, University Clinical Center of Kosovo, Prishtina, Kosovo
Jiří Hoch, MD, PhD, Charles University of Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Judith Karner-Hanusch, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Jan Kulig, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
Rifat Latifi, MD, FACS, FICS , University of Arizona, College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA 
György Lázár, University of Szeged , Szeged, Hungary
John C. Lipham, MD, Keck Medical Center of USC, Los Angeles, USA
Jeffrey B. Matthews, MD, The University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
Hans-Jörg Mischinger, MD, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria
Christof Mittermair, MD, PD, Hospital Barmherzigen Brüder, Salzburg, Austria
Robert D. Odze, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Mirko Omejc, University Medical Center Ljubljana,  Ljubljana, Slovenia
Matthias Paireder, MD, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Juraj Pechan, MD, PhD, Slovak Medical University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Charalabos Pothoulakis, MD, UCLA Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Johann Pratschke, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany
Erwin Rieder, MD, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Peter Schemmer, MD, MBA, Visceral Surgery Bern & Pancreas Clinic Switzerland & Liver Clinic Switzerland, Bern, Switzerland
Stefano Siboni, MD, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Gerd Silberhumer, MD, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Aleksandar P. Simić, MD, PhD, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Ognjan M. Skrobić, MD, PhD, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Stuart J. Spechler, MD, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA
Béla Teleky, MD, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria 
George Triadafilopoulos, MD, Stanford University School of Medicine, Mountain View, CA, USA
Albert Tuchmann, MD, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Radu Tutuian, MD, PhD, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
Selman Uranues, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Michael Vieth, Klinikum Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
John Wallwork, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK
György Wéber, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
Herbert Wurzer, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria