Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Editorial Board

EDITOR IN CHIEFJay L. Grosfeld, MD, FACS, FAAP

Indianapolis, Indiana

EDITOR FOR THE BRITISH ISLESD.G. Young, FRCS

Glasgow, Scotland

EDITOR FOR EUROPEJ.C. Molenaar, MD, PhD, FAAP (Hon)

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

EDITOR FOR ASIATakeshi Miyano, MD, PhD, FAAP (Hon)

Tokyo, Japan

CONTRIBUTING EDITORSPeter P. Rickham, MD, MS, FRCS, FRCS I,

FRACS, DCH, FAAP, Zurich, SwitzerlandKeijiro Suruga, MD, Tokyo, Japan

EDITORS IN CHIEF EMERITUSC. Everett Koop, MD, ScD (1966-1976)Stephen L. Gans, MD (1977-1994)

Founding Editors

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

N. Scott Adzick, MD, Philadelphia, PAR. Peter Altman, MD, New York, NYKathryn Anderson, MD, Los Angeles, CAKeith Ashcraft, MD, Kansas City, MOJose Boix-Ochoa, MD, Barcelona, SpainDonna A. Caniano, MD, Columbus, OHArnold G. Coran, MD, Ann Arbor, MIJ.J. Corkery, Mch, FRCSI, FRCSEng, Birmingham,

EnglandS. Cywes, FRCS, Cape Town, South AfricaAlfred A. de Lorimier, MD, Geyserville, CAMartin Eichelberger, MD, Washington, DCClaire Nihoul Fekete, Paris, FranceRobert M. Filler, MD, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaHoward C. Filston, MD, Knoxville, TNEric W. Fonkalsrud, MD, Los Angeles, CABurton Harris, MD, Colorado Springs, CO

W. Hardy Hendren, MD, Boston, MAA.M. Holschneider, MD, Cologne, GermanyWen-Tsung Hung, MD, Taiwan, Republic of ChinaMichael E. Mitchell, MD, Seattle, WAJames A. O’Neill, Jr, MD, Nashville, TNH. Biemann Othersen, Jr, MD, Charleston, SCAlberto Pena, MD, New Hyde Park, NYPrem Puri, MD, Dublin, IrelandMarc I. Rowe, MD, Sanibel, FLJohn N. Schullinger, MD, New York, NYMarshall Z. Schwartz, MD, Wilmington, DELewis Spitz, PhD, FRCS, London, EnglandU.G. Stauffer, MD, Zurich, SwitzerlandDavid Tapper, MD, Seattle, WAJuan A. Tovar, MD, Madrid, SpainEugene S. Wiener, MD, Pittsburgh, PAMoritz M. Ziegler, MD, Boston, MA

EDITORIAL CONSULTANTS

Richard J. Andrassy, MD, Houston, TXT.A. Angerpointner, MD, Munich, GermanyRobert M. Arensman, MD, Chicago, ILGeoffrey Blair, MD, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaVictor E. Boston, FRCS, Belfast, Northern IrelandWalter J. Chwals, MD, Chicago, ILFrancesco Cozzi, MD, Rome, ItalyPatricia Donahoe, MD, Boston, MARichard Ehrlich, MD, Los Angeles, CASigmund H. Ein, MD, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMichael W.L. Gauderer, MD, Greenville, SCDiller B. Groff III, MD, Louisville, KYGeorge W. Holcomb III, MD, Nashville, TNVincenzo Jasonni, MD, Genoa, ItalyStephen G. Jolley, MD, Las Vegas, NVV.T. Joseph, MD, SingaporeWoo-Ki Kim, MD, Seoul, KoreaJean-Martin Laberge, MD, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaWolfgang Lambrecht, MD, Hamburg, GermanyMichael La Quaglia, MD, New York, NYPeter S. Liebert, MD, Eastchester, NY

David A. Lloyd, MChir, FRCS, Liverpool, EnglandJoao Gilberto Maksoud, MD, Sao Paulo, BrazilLeif Olsen, MD, PhD, Uppsala, SwedenRandall W. Powell, MD, Mobile, ALCedric J. Priebe, Jr, MD, Stony Brook, NYPeter Raine, FRCS, Glasgow, ScotlandFrederick J. Rescorla, MD, Indianapolis, INRichard C. Rink, MD, Indianapolis, INRisto J. Rintala, MD, Helsinki, FinlandHtut Saing, FRCS, Hong KongMedad Schiller, MD, Jerusalem, IsraelJohn H. Seashore, MD, New Haven, CTRobert C. Shamberger, MD, Boston, MAStephen J. Shochat, MD, Memphis, TNSteven Stylianos, MD, New York, NYSachiyo Suita, MD, Fukuoka, JapanRobert L. Telander, MD, Minneapolis, MNYoshiaki Tsuchida, MD, Gunma, JapanDennis W. Vane, MD, Burlington, VTJay M. Wilson, MD, Boston, MAZhang Jin-zhe, MD, Peking, China

Richard Black, MD, Salt Lake City, UT, Chairman, PublicationsCommittee, Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons

David M. Burge, FRCS, FRCP, Southampton, United Kingdom,Secretary, British Association of Paediatric Surgeons

Frederick C. Ryckman, MD, Cincinnati, OH, Chairperson,Publications Committee, Section on Surgery, AmericanAcademy of Pediatrics

Pierre Soucy, MD, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Chairman,Publications Committee, Canadian Association of PaediatricSurgeons

Walter J. Chwals, MD, Chicago, IL, Chairman, PublicationsCommittee, American Pediatric Surgical Association