Cecilia Becattini, MD, PhD1*, Ugo Pace, MD2*, Felice Pirozzi, MD3*, Giampiero Avruscio, MD4*, Annibale Donini, MD5*, Fabio Rondelli, MD6*, Adriana Visonà, MD7*, Michela Boncompagni, MD8*, Marco De Prizio, MD9*, Damiano Chiari, MD10*, Andrea Muratore, MD11*, Francesco Guerra, MD12*, Raffaele De Luca, MD13*, Giuseppe Portale, MD14*, Marco Milone, MD15*, Marc Righini, MD16*, Giampaolo Castagnoli, MD17*, Roberto Persiani, MD18*, Jacopo Martellucci, MD19*, Stefania Frasson20*, Francesco Dentali, MD21*, Paolo Delrio, MD2*, Antonio Sciuto, MD3*, Gualberto Gussoni22* and Giancarlo Agnelli, MD23*
1Internal and Cardiovascular Medicine - University of Perugia, Perugia, ITA
2"Fondazione G. Pascale" IRCSS, Colorectal Surgical Oncology, Abdominal Oncology Department, Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Napoli, Italy
3Department of Surgery, Ospedale Santa Maria delle Grazie, Pozzuoli, Italy
4Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Unit of Angiology, University Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy
5Department of Oncology Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
6Department of General Surgery, S. Giovanni Battista Hospital, Foligno, Perugia, Italy
77. Department of Vascular Medicine, Angiology Unit- S.Giacomo Apostolo Hospital, Catelfranco Veneto, Treviso, Italy
8Department of General Surgery, S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Perugia, Italy
9Department of General Surgery, S. Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy
10Department of General Surgery, Istituto Clinico Humanitas Mater Domini, Castellanza, Varese, Italy
11Department of General Surgery, Ospedale E. Agnelli, Pinerolo, Italy
12Department of Gneral Surgery, P.O. San Salvatore, Pesaro, Italy
13Department of Surgical Oncology IRCCS Istituto Tumori " Giovanni Paolo II, Bari, Italy
14Department of General Surgery, Ospedale di Cittadella, Cittadella, Italy
15Department of General and Emergency Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria "Federico II", Napoli, Italy
16Division of Angiology and Hemostasis, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
17Department of General Surgey, Ospedale San Matteo degli Infermi, Spoleto, Italy
18Dipartimento di Scienze mediche e chirurgiche Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
19Department of General surgery, AOU Careggi di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
20Research Department, FADOI Foundation, Milano, Italy
21Dipartimento Emergenza e Alta Specialità e Medical Center, ASST Sette-Laghi, Varese, Italy
22FADOI Foundation, Milano, Italy
23Internal and Cardiovascular Medicine - University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy