**Author details**

Adrian Bartoș<sup>1</sup> \*, Ioana Iancu1,2, Caius Breazu3 and Dana Bartoș1,2

\*Address all correspondence to: bartos.adi@gmail.com

1 Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Surgery Department, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

2 Anatomy and Embryology Department, UMF, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

3 Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, ICU Department, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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