Publishing Supervisor

Jacob See-Tong Pang, M.D.

Vice-Superintendent,

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (CGMH), Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Editors-in-Chief

Yao-Chi Chuang, M.D.

Professor,

Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Associate Editors

Jeff S. Chueh, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor & Chairman

Department of Urology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

William J. Huang, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor, Director,

Department of Urology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Shu-Pin Huang, M.D.

Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chun-Hou Liao, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor, Associate Dean,

College of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Section Editors

Shang-Jen Chang, M.D. (Pediatrics)

Department of Urology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Chung-Hsin Chen, M.D., Ph.D. (Oncology)

Associate Professor,

Department of Urology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Shiu-Dong Chung, M.D., Ph.D. (Urolithiasis)

Associate Professor, Chief,

Department of Urology, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Yung-Shun Juan, M.D., Ph.D. (Functional Urology)

Professor, Chief,

Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yung-Ming Lin, M.D. (Andrology)

Professor, Distinguished Expert,

Department of Urology, National Cheng Kung University & Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan

En Meng, M.D., Ph.D. (Female Urology)

Chief,

Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Yen-Chuan Ou, M.D., Ph.D. (Robotic Surgery)

Dean of Research & Development and Innovation Center, Tungs‘ Taichung MetroHarbor Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Yao-Chou Tsai, M.D., Ph.D. (Laparoscopic Surgery)

Department of Medicine & Division of Urology, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Yuh-Shyan Tsai, M.D., Ph.D. (Oncology)

Professor,

Dept of Urology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Ke-Hung Tsui, M.D. (BPH and prostatic Disease)

Professor,

Department of Medicine & Urology, Taipei Medical University-Shuang-Ho hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Editors

Yu Chen, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Chief,

Division of Andrology and Female Urology, Department of Urology, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Eric Chieh-Lung Chou, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor,

Department of Urology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Hsiao-Jen Chung, M.D.

Chief,

Division of General Urology, Department of Urology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Chao-Yuan Huang, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor,

Department of Urology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Yun-Ching Huang, Ph.D.

Chief,

Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Chiayi, Chiayi, Taiwan

Chi-Ping Huang, M.D., Ph.D.

Chief,

Department of Urology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Hsiang-Ying Lee, Ph.D.

Associate Professor,

Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Jian-Ri Li, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Director,

Division of Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Department of Urology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Victor Chia-Hsiang Lin, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor, Director,

Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, E-Da Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chung-Cheng Wang, M.D., Ph.D.

Chief,

Department of Urology, En Chu Kong Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan.

Kai-Jie Yu, M.D.

Dr,

Director of Uro-Oncology section, Urology department, Surgery Division, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital in Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

International Editors

Michael B. Chancellor, M.D.

Professor,

Department of Urology, Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, MI, USA 

Lukman Hakim

Doctor,

Department of Urology, Airlangga University Hospitals, Indonesia

Marie Carmela Lapitan

Professor,

Department of Surgery, Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines - Manila, Manila, Philippines

Teng Aik Ong

Associate Professor,

Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia

Philippe E. Zimmern

Professor,

Department of Urology University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA

Ganesan Adaikan

Professor,

Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, National University of Singapore

Tai Young Ahn

Professor,

Asian Medical Center and College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea

Edmund Chiong

Professor,

Department of Urology, National University Hospital, National University Health System, Singapore

John Krieger

Professor,

Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

Robert M. Levin

Professor,

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, USA

Bannakij Lojanapiwat

Professor,

Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Chiang Mai University, Thailand

Tom F. Lue

Professor,

Department of Urology, University of California (UCSF), San Francisco, San Francisco, USA

Tetsuro Matsumoto

Professor,

Department of Urology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Seiji Naito

Professor,

Graduate School of Medical Science Kyushu University, Japan

Quang Nguyen

Associate Professor,

Andrology and Urology, Center for Male Sexual Medicine, Viet Duc University Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam

Osamu Ogawa

Professor,

Department of Urology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan

Koon Ho Rha

Professor,

Department of Urology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Marshall Leedy Stoller

Professor,

University of California, San Francisco, USA

Hui Meng Tan

Professor,

Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya and Sime Darby Medical Center, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Bin Tean Teh

Professor,

National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore

Robert E. Brannigan, M.D.

Professor,

Vice Chair of Clinical Urology, Department of Urology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, USA

Managing Editors

Yuan-Chi Shen, M.D.

Visiting Staff,

Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

I-Hung Shao, M.D.

Attending Physician, Assistant Professor,

Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Ming-Hsin Yang, M.D., Ph.D.

Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Jui-Ming Liu, M.D., Ph.D.

Deputy Director,

Department of Medical Education and Research, Taoyuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

Attending Surgeon, Department of Urology, Taoyuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

Statistical Consultants

Teng-Kai Yang, B.S.

Department of Urology, Yonghe Cardinal Tien Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Consultants

Tai-Lung Cha, M.D.

Professor,

Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Luke S. Chang, M.D.

Professor, Consultant,

Cheng Hsin Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Sun-Yran Chang , M.D.

Cheif Strategy Officier,

Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Kuang-Kuo Chen, M.D.

Professor,

Department of Urology, Cheng Hsin Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Jun Chen, M.D.

Professor, Dean,

West Garden Hospital West Garden District, Taipei, Taiwan

Vincent H. S. Chiang, M.D. Ph.D.

Professor,

Graduate Institute of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Science, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Chun Hsiung Huang, M.D., Ph.D.

Honorary Professor,

Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Jong-Khing Huang, M.D.

Consultant,

Kaohsiun Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Thomas I. S. Hwang, M.D.

Professor, Chief,

Department of Surgery, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Hann-Chorng Kuo, M.D.

Chief,

Department of Urology, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation,

Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

Ming-Kuen Lai, M.D.

Attending Physician,

Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Luo-Dong Saint Mary's Hospital, Yilan, Taiwan

Alex T.L. Lin, M.D., Ph.D.

Department of Urology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Yeong-Shiau Pu, M.D., Ph.D. EMBA

Department of Urology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Guang-Huan Sun, M.D.

Professor,

Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Wen-Jeng Wu, M.D., Ph.D.

Vice-superintendent,

Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Stephen Shei-Dei Yang, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor, Vice Superindent,

Department of Urology, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Dah-Shyong Yu, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor and Visiting Surgeon,

Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Hong-Jeng Yu

Professor,

Department of Urology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan