Official Journal of the
Brazilian Society of Videosurgery

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
José Roberto Colombo Jr. (SP)

ASSISTANT EDITORS
Marco Antonio Cezário de Melo (CE)
Marcus Vinícius Dantas Martins (RJ)
Miguel Prestes Nácul (RS)
Sérgio Eduardo Alonso Araújo (SP)

ASSOCIATE EDITORS OF SPECIALITIES
General Surgery - Alcides José Branco Filho (PR); Eduardo Yasushi Tanaka (SP); Paulo Cesar Galvão do Amaral (BA)
Gynecology - Marco Aurélio Oliveira (RJ); Mariana Cocuzza (SP); Mariano Tamura Gomes (SP)
Coloproctology - João de Aguiar Pupo Neto (RJ); Fábio Guilherme Campos (SP)
Bariatric Surgery - Sérgio Santoro Santos Pereira (SP)
Urology - Mirandolino Mariano (RS); Aníbal Wood Branco (PR); Frederico Romero (PR)
Thoracic Surgery - José Carlos Pereira (SP); Rui Haddad (RJ)
Pediatric Surgery - Paschoal Napolitano Neto (SP)
Plastic Surgery - Romeu Fadul (SP)
Radiology - Ronaldo Baroni (SP)

NATIONAL EDITORIAL BOARD
Alexander Morrell (SP), Alexandre Miranda Duarte (RJ), Aluísio Stoll (SC), Antônio Pádua (AL), Áureo Ludovico de Paula (GO), Celso Luiz Empinotti (SC), Cláudia Márcia S. Escáfura Ramalho (RJ), Cláudio Bresciani (SP), Cláudio Peixoto Crisipi (RJ), Daltro Ibiapina Oliveira (RJ), Delta Madureira Filho (RJ), Edna Delabio Ferraz (RJ), Edvaldo Fahel (BA), Elizabeth Gomes dos Santos (RJ), Fábio Araújo (PA), Francisco Altenburg (SC), Francisco Sérgio Pinheiro Regadas (CE), Giacomo Errico (RJ), Homero Leal Meirelles Júnior (RJ), Ivete de Ávila (MG), João Batista Marchesini (PR), Joaquim José Gama Rodrigues (SP), Jorge de Vasconcelos Safe Júnior (MG), José de Ribamar Sabóia de Azevedo (RJ), Lincoln Lopes Ferreira (MG), Luis Cláudio Pandini (SP), Lutegarde Vieira Freitas (RJ), Marcos Leão de Paula Vilas-Boas (BA), Mário Ribeiro (MG), Nelson Ary Brandalise (SP), Osório Miguel Parra (RS), Paulo Roberto Savassi Rocha (MG), Renan Catharina Tinoco (RJ), Renato Andretto (SP), Sérgio Brenner (PR), Sérgio Carlos Nahas (SP).