Editor-in-Chief:
M. Ansarin

Former Editors-in-Chief:
C. Calearo, E. de Campora, A. Staffieri, M. Piemonte, F. Chiesa, G. Paludetti

President of S.I.O.:
G. Paludetti 

Former Presidents of S.I.O.:
L. Coppo, G. Zaoli, A. Ottaviani, P. Puxeddu,
M. Maurizi, G. Sperati, D. Passali, E. de Campora,
A. Sartoris, P. Laudadio, M. De Benedetto,
S. Conticello, D. Casolino, A. Rinaldi Ceroni,
M. Piemonte, R. Fiorella, A. Camaioni, A. Serra,
G. Spriano, R. Filipo, C.A. Leone, E. Cassandro, C. Vicini, M. Bussi

Editorial Staff

Editor-in-Chief:
M. Ansarin
Division of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, European
Institute of Oncology IRCCS
Via Ripamonti, 435
20141 Milan, Italy
Tel. +39 02 57489490
Fax +39 02 94379216
actaitalicaorl@ieo.it

Associate Editors:

Pietro Canzi
Dipartimento di Otorinolaringoiatria, Università di Pavia, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico "San Matteo", Pavia, Italy
pietro.canzi@unipv.it

Eugenio De Corso
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
eugenio.decorso@policlinicogemelli.it

Editorial Coordinator:
Francesco Chu - francesco.chu@ieo.it
Division of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, European
Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy

Scientific Secretariat:
Giacomo Pietrobon - giacomo.pietrobon@ieo.it 
Division of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, European
Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy

Editorial Assistant:
Patrick Moore

Copy Editor:
Lisa Andreazzi - landreazzi@pacinieditore.it

Treasurer:
F. Pagella - tpagella@libero.it
Dipartimento di Otorinolaringoiatria, Università di Pavia, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico "San Matteo", Pavia, Italy

Italian Scientific Board

M. Alicandri-Ciufelli
Policlinico, Modena
G. Bellocchi
Ospedale “San Camillo”, Roma
A. Bertolin
Presidio Ospedaliero, Vittorio Veneto
A. De Vito
Ospedale "Santa Maria delle Croci", Ravenna
F. Dispenza
Policlinico “Paolo Giaccone”, Palermo
M. Falcioni
Azienda Ospedaliera, Parma
J. Galli
Policlinico Gemelli, Roma
G. Giourgos
Ospedale “Papa Giovanni XXIII”, Bergamo
A. Greco
Policlinico “Umberto I”, Roma
G. Marioni
Azienda Ospedaliera, Padova
A. Paderno
Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia
P. Petrone
Ospedale “San Giacomo”, Monopoli
C. Piazza
Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano
N.A.A. Quaranta
Policlinico, Bari
R. Teggi
Ospedale “San Raffaele”, Milano
D. Testa
Seconda Università, Napoli

International Scientific Board

J. Betka
Charles University, Prague Czech Republik
P. Clement
ENT Department,University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
M. Pais Clemente
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Porto, Portugal
R.W. Gilbert
Otolaryngology H&N Surgery, University of Toronto, Canada
M. Halmagyi
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Australia
L.P. Kowalski
A C Camargo Cancer Center, Sao Paulo, Brazil
R. Laszig
Universitäts-HNO-Klinik, Freiburg, Germany
C.R. Leemans
VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
F. Marchal
Hopitaux Universitaires, Geneve, Switzerland
G. O’Donoghue
ENT Department, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
M. Remacle
CHL Clinique d’Eich, Luxembourg
R.J. Salvi
Center for Hearing and Deafness, Buffalo, NY, USA
B. Scola Yurrita
Hospital General Universitario G. Marañón, Madrid, Spain
J. Shah
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centrer, New York, USA
H. Stammberger
Medical University, Graz, Austria
H.P. Zenner
Universitäts Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Klinik, Tübingen, Germany