FROM THE EDITOR: Dear Readers of Acta Orhopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica

are pleased to bring you the first issue of 2011. This year we will expand our editorial board in order to accelerate the review process of our journal. We will have a larger team of associate editors with the contributions of Sait Ada, Önder Ayd›ngöz, Bülent Atilla, Hakan Kinik, Volkan Öztuna, Halit P›nar, and Yusuf Yildiz.