aUniversity Hospital Agostino Gemelli, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
bSant'Orsola Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna University, Bologna, Italy
cSpedali Civili University Hospital, Brescia University, Brescia, Italy
dIstituto Clinico Humanitas, Milan University, Milan, Italy
eScientific Institute Hospital San Raffaele, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
fGian Battista Rossi University Hospital, Verona University, Verona, Italy
gOspedale Mauriziano Umberto I, Turin, Italy
hAntonio Cardarelli Hospital, Naples, Italy
iDepartment of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Cassino, Cassino, Italy
*Correspondence address: Felice Giuliante, MD, Hepato-Biliary Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, University Hospital “Agostino Gemelli” Largo Agostino Gemelli, 8, I-00168 Rome, Italy
email: [email protected]
Received October 19, 2011; Revised April 2, 2012; Accepted April 3, 2012.
Disclosure Information: Nothing to disclose.
This study was promoted by the Italian Chapter of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association.
Preliminary data were presented at the 9th World Congress of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 2010; an abstract was published in Eur Surg Res 2010;45:196p, and a Poster presented to the HCC Eastern and Western Experiences, 7th Meeting, Paris, France, January 2011.
