Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery (AJTES) is the official publication of the Albanian Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery (ASTES) that comes out two times a year. AJTES is open access, peer-reviewed journal that aims to promote interest, knowledge, and quality of care in emergency and trauma surgery. Under the editorship of Asc. Prof. Dr. Agron Dogjani, MD, Ph.D., FACS, FISS., our Journal provides an in-depth, national, and international forum for the most authoritative information on major clinical problems in the fields of trauma and emergency surgery, surgical education, and not only... Contributions are reviewed and selected by a group of distinguished surgeons from across Albania and worldwide as well who make up the Editorial Board.