Owner, on behalf of Turkish Society of Thoracic Surgery 
Ilgaz DOĞUSOY, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Acıbadem University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey. President, Turkish Society of Thoracic Surgery

Editor-in-Chief
Berkant ÖZPOLAT, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ankara Güven Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

Managing Editor
Cabir YÜKSEL, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

Editors
Atilla EROĞLU, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Atatürk University School of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey
Ahmet Ferudun IŞIK, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Gaziantep University School of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey
Mehmet Oğuz KÖKSEL, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey
Serkan ENÖN, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Levent CANSEVER, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Health Sciences, Hamidiye Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey
Zerrin SUNGUR, MD, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, İstanbul University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
Serpil DİZBAY SAK, MD, Department of Pathology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

Statistical Editor 
Atilla ELHAN, MD, Department of Biostatistics, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey

English Language Editor
Hussein ELKHAYAT, MD, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Assiut University Heart Hospital Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Associate Editors
Ozan USLUER, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Izmir Dr. Suat Seren Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
Volkan KARAÇAM, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey
Ali ÖZDİL, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ege University School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey
Mehmet ÜNAL, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, İzmir Katip Çelebi University School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey
Erkan YILDIRIM, MD, PhD, FETCS, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hisar Intercontinental Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Burçin ÇELİK, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ondokuz Mayıs University, School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey
Muhammet Reha ÇELİK, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, İnönü University, School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey
Aslı GÜL TEMEL, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Education and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
Berker ÖZKAN, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, İstanbul University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
Mehmet Oğuzhan ÖZYURTKAN, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medicana International Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
Ekber ŞAHİN, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, School of Medicine Sivas, Turkey
Serdar ŞEN, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Adnan Menderes University, School of Medicine, Aydın, Turkey
Uğur TEMEL, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Education and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
Akif TURNA, MD, PhD, FETCS, Department of Thoracic Surgery, İstanbul University Cerrahpaşa-Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, İstanbul, Turkey

International Editorial Board
Albert BOLANOS CUBILLO, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital Dr. Rafael Angel Calderón Guardia, University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
Felix HERTH, MD, PhD, DSC, FCCP, FERS, Department of Pneumology and Critical Care, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
Peter GOLDSTRAW, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Imperial College, Royap Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Walter KLEPETKO, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Vienna Medical University, Vienna, Austria
Peter LİCHT, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
Harvey PASS, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, New York University Medical Center, NY, USA
Douglas MATHİSEN, MD, USA Division of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Gerardo Rea MENDOZA, MD, Thorax Uniport, High Specialty Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery Civil Association, Colima, México
Alan SİHOE, MD, China MBBChir, MA(Cantab), FRCSEd(CTh), FCSHK, FHKAM, FCCP, FACS, Gleneagles Hong Kong Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Lorenzo SPAGGİARİ, MD, PhD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy
Jean-Marie WİHLM, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
John DARK, MD, FRCS, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom
Erino RENDİNA, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sapienza University, Sant' Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy
Antoon LERUT, MD, PhD Department of Thoracic Surgery, Leuven University Hospital, Leuven, Belgium
Jose Ribas Milanez DE CAMPOS, MD, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Michele CARBONE, MD, PhD, Departmetn of Thoracic Oncology, University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center, Honolulu, USA
Diago Gonzales RİVAS, MD, FETCS, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Coruña University Hospital, UCTMI, Coruña, Spain, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Shanghai, China
Hans PİLEGAARD, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Chien-Li HOLMES-LİEW, MD, MBBS, MCSc, FRACP, Department of Pulmonology, University of Adelaid, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Adelaide, Australia
Gonzalo VARELA, MD, PhD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Salamanca University Hopsital, Salamanca, Spain
Marcelo MARTİNEZ-FERRO, MD, Department of Surgery, Schildren’s Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gregor KOCHER, MD, Division of General Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital, Bern Switzerland
Davor STAMENOVIC, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Sira LAOHATHAI, MD, Cardio Thoracic Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University, Bangkok, Thailand
Hamdi ABU ALİ, MD, FACS, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Jordan Hospital and Medical Center, Amman, Jordan