Hepatobiliary&Pancreatic Diseases International

Honorary chief editor

Zhao-You Tang,Shanghai

Chief editor

Shu-Sen Zheng,Hangzhou

Advisers

Sheung Tat Fan,Hong Kong

Jie-Shou Li,Nanjing

Xi-Sheng Leng,Beijing

Lu-Nan Yan,Chengdu

Managing editors

Hongqun Liu,Calgary

Yan-Ping Dong,Hangzhou

Deputy chief editors

Moulay A.Alaoui-Jamali,Montreal

Holger Kalthoff,Kiel

Wan-Yee Lau,Hong Kong

Jan Lerut,Brussels

Alan S.Livingstone,Miami

Chung-Mau Lo,Hong Kong

Editors

Shui-Ying Lei,Hangzhou

Pan-Zhi Wang,Hangzhou

Lan Guo,Hangzhou

Li-Li Xia,Hangzhou

Desktop technician

Chen-Hua Xiong,Hangzhou

International editorial board

H.Erdal Akalin,Istanbul

?ke Andrén-Sandberg,Stockholm

Ignacio Anegon,Nantes

Peter Bannasch,Heidelberg

Richard Bertrand,Montreal

Henri Bismuth,Villejuif

Hubert E.Blum,Freiburg

James L.Boyer,New Haven

Heinz J.Buhr,Berlin

Ronald W.Busuttil,Los Angeles

Albert CY Chan,Hong Kong

See-Ching Chan,Hong Kong

Chao-Long Chen,Kaohsiung

Gui-Hua Chen,Guangzhou

Xiao-Ping Chen,Wuhan

Zhi Chen,Hangzhou

Zhong-Hua Chen,Wuhan

Yu-Fan Cheng,Kaohsiung

Yung-Chi Cheng,New Haven

Vui Heng Chong,Bandar Seri Begawan

Maria Cristina Cuturi,Nantes

Francis L.Delmonico,Boston

Christos Dervenis,Athens

Isidoro Di Carlo,Catania

Yi-Tao Ding,Nanjing

Jia-Hong Dong,Beijing

Ke-Feng Dou,Xi’an

Emad El-Omar,Sydney

Mohamed El-Wahsh,Cairo

Jian-Gao Fan,Shanghai

Peter Ferenci,Wien

John J.Fung,Cleveland

Tiejun Gao,Edmonton

Edward K.Geissler,Regensburg

Stephanos Geroulanos,Athens

Biao Gong,Shanghai

Thomas Gruenberger,Vienna

Xiao-Shun He,Guangzhou

Nigel D.Heaton,London

Matthias W.Hoffmann,Münster

F.Blaine Hollinger,Houston

Hubert G.Hotz,Berlin

San-Yuan Hu,Jinan

Yukio Ichikawa,Yokohama

Rajiv Jalan,London

Hao-Feng Ji,Los Angeles

Ji-Dong Jia,Beijing

Zhen-Dong Jin,Shanghai

Robert M.Jones,Melbourne

Toshimi Kaido,Kyoto

Tomoaki Kato,New York

Mitsuhiro Kida,Kanagawa

Tetsuya Kiuchi,Singapore

Sebastian Klammt,Rostock

Andrew S.Klein,Baltimore

Jerzy W.Kupiec-Weglinski,Los Angeles

Cheuck-Seen Lai,Hong Kong

Quirino Lai,Rome

John R.Lake,Minneapolis

Sung-Gyu Lee,Seoul

Gary Levy,Toronto

Bo Li,Chengdu

Lan-Juan Li,Hangzhou

Li Li,Kunming

Ning Li,Beijing

Xian Chang Li,New York

You-Ming Li,Hangzhou

You-Sheng Li,Shanghai

Yu-Min Li,Lanzhou

Zhao-Shen Li,Shanghai

Ting-Bo Liang,Hangzhou

En-Qiang Linghu,Beijing

Ji-Min Liu,Oakville

Yong-Feng Liu,Shenyang

Yi Lv,Xi’an

Willis C.Maddrey,Dallas

Kwan Man,Hong Kong

Yi-Lei Mao,Beijing

Francesco Marotta,Milano

Larry McNicol,Melbourne

Ying-Zi Ming,Changsha

Ferdinand Mühlbacher,Vienna

Isto Nordback,Tampare

Gerd Otto,Mainz

Raffaele Pezzilli,Bologna

Massimo Pinzani,Firenze

Graeme J.Poston,Liverpool

Lawrie W.Powell,Brisbane

Satya Prakash,Montreal

Lun-Xiu Qin,Shanghai

Zhi-Gang Ren,Zhengzhou

Sasan Roayaie,New York

Thomas R?sch,Berlin

Shiv K.Sarin,New Delhi

Detlef Schuppan,Boston

Ji-Fang Sheng,Hangzhou

Bing-Yi Shi,Beijing

Peng-Hong Song,Hangzhou

Yasuhiko Sugawara,Kumamoto

Kyung-Suk Suh,Seoul

Yu-Ling Sun,Zhengzhou

Joseph J.Y.Sung,Hong Kong

Kyuichi Tanikawa,Kurume

Ran Tao,Hangzhou

Catherine Teh,Manila

Gail Ter Haar,Sutton

Li-Song Teng,Hangzhou

Pierre Tiollais,Paris

D.Lorne Tyrrell,Edmonton

Bao-Zhong Wang,Melbourne

Chun-You Wang,Wuhan

Wei-Lin Wang,Hangzhou

Xue-Hao Wang,Nanjing

Yu-Ming Wang,Chongqing

Lai Wei,Beijing

Hao Wen,Urumqi

Jian Wu,Hangzhou

Youmin Wu,Valhalla

Zhi-Yong Wu,Shanghai

Zhong-Jun Wu,Chongqing

Qiang Xia,Shanghai

Xiao Xu,Hangzhou

Sheng Yan,Hangzhou

Dong-Liang Yang,Wuhan

Jia-Mei Yang,Shanghai

Lian-Yue Yang,Changsha

Deng-Fu Yao,Nantong

Kenjiro Yasuda,Kyoto

Qi-Fa Ye,Changsha

Xian-Jun Yu,Shanghai

Yuan Zhai,Los Angeles

Yu-Pei Zhao,Beijing

Lin Zhou,Hangzhou

Ji-Ye Zhu,Beijing

Yue Zhu,Pittsburgh