We would like to acknowledge the Guideline General Surgery, (GGS) committee for developing this guideline.
Chair of GGS: Mostafa Abdel-Hamed Soliman, Professor of Surgery, Cairo University. Moderator of GGS: Mohamed Ali Mohamed Nada, Professor of Surgery, Ain Shams University. Members of GGS (Alphabetically):
Abel-Motey Hussein Aly, Professor of Surgery, Cairo University.
Abdel-Wahab Mohamed Ezzat, Professor of Surgery, Ain Shams University.
Ahmed Abdel-Raouf Elgeidie, Professor of Digestive Surgery, Mansoura University. Alaa Abdallah, Professor of Surgery, Ain Shams University.
Atef Abdel-Ghani Salem, Professor of Surgery, Benha University.
Hesham Abdel-Raouf El-Akkad, Professor of Surgery, Ain Shams University. Ibrahim El-Zayat, Head of Surgery Department, Aswan University.
Khaled Abdallah El-Fiky, Professor of Surgery, Ain Shams University. Khaled Amer, Professor of Surgery, Military Medical Academy.
Khaled Safwat, Professor of Surgical Oncology and Endoscopy, Zagazig University. Mohamed Ibrahim Abdel-Hamed Al-Said, Professor of Surgery, Zagazig University. Tarek Ibrahim, Professor of Surgery, National Liver Institute, Menofia University.