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Journal of Minimal Access Surgery (JMAS) is a specialty journal that invites manuscripts from authors in specialty of laparoscopic and thoracoscopic surgery, laparoscopic urology and gastrointestinal endoscopy. JMAS invites scientific submission from the authors in the following categories: Editorials, Leading articles, Review articles, Original articles (Basic and Clinical research), Evidence based / Systematic reviews, Unusual cases, How I do it?, How I do it differently? Troubleshooting in minimal access surgery, Instruments and equipment, Personal viewpoints and Letter to editor. The journal respects the scientific submission of its authors and believes in following an expeditious double-blind peer review process and endeavors to complete the review process within a scheduled time frame. JMAS believes in safeguarding the privacy rights of human subjects. In order to comply with it, the journal instructs all authors when uploading the manuscript to also add the ethical clearance (human/animals)/ informed consent of subject in the manuscript. This applies to the study/case report that involves animal/human subjects/human specimens e.g. extracted tooth part/soft tissue for biopsy/in vitro analysis.
EMERITUS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Tehemton E. Udwadia
Head – Minimal Access Surgery, Hinduja Hospital
Chairman – Center of Excellence for Minimal Access Surgery, Mumbai, India
t_udwadia@hotmail.com
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Pradeep Chowbey
Chairman - Max Institute of Minimal Access, Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery
Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India.
pradeepchowbey@gmail.com
EDITORS
Deepraj S. Bhandarkar
Consultant – Minimal Access Surgery
Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai, India.
deeprajbhandarkar@hotmail.com
Alfred Cuschieri
Professor of Surgery - Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Chief Scientific Advisor - Institute for Medical Science and Technology
University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
a.cusheiri@dundee.ac.uk
C. Palanivelu
Director, GI & Minimal Access Surgery
GEM Hospital and Research Centre, Coimbatore. India.
info@geminstitute.in
Anil Sharma
Associate Director - Max Institute of Minimal Access, Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery
Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India.
anil.sharma@maxhealthcare.com
President - IAGES
Zameer Pasha
Director and Head Minimal Access Surgery
Shanawaz Nursing Home, Trichy, India
drzameer2k@gmail.com
Hon. Secretary – IAGES
Sayandev Dasgupta
General & Laparoscopic Surgeon
Behala Balananda Bramhachari Hospital & Research Centre, Kolkata, India
sayandev.dasgupta@gmail.com
SECTIONAL EDITORS
Upper GI Surgery
Pawanindra Lal
Director Professor of Surgery and Chairman – Division of Minimal Access Surgery
Maulana Azad Medical College & Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India
profplal@gmail.com
Bariatric Surgery
Ramen Goel
Director, Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery
Wockhardt Hospital, Mumbai, India
ramengoel@gmail.com
Colorectal Surgery
Sanjiv Haribhakti
Chairman, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology
Kaizen Hospital Institute of Surgical Gastroenterology, Ahmedabad, India
sharibhakti@gmail.com
Solid Organ Surgery
Abhay Dalvi
In-charge Laparoscopic Surgery
Seth G S Medical College and KEM Hospital. Mumbai, India
abhaydalvi@hotmail.com
Hernia
Rajesh Khullar
Director - Max Institute of Minimal Access, Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery
Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India
drrajeshkhullar@gmail.com
Single Port surgery
Prashanth Rao
Chief of GI and Minimal Access Surgery
Global Hospital, Mumbai, India
pprao2@mac.com
Thoracoscopic Surgery
Arvind Kumar
Chairman, Centre for Chest Surgery and Director, Institute of Robotic Surgery
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.
arvindreena@gmail.com
Flexible Endoscopy
S Easwermoorthy
Head of Department of Minimal Access Surgery
Lotus Hospital, Erode, India
easwermoorthy2007@rediffmail.com
Urology
Arvind Ganpule
Vice Chairman and Chief Robotic Surgeon
Department of Urology, Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital, Nadiad, India.
doctorarvind1@gmail.com
NATIONAL EDITORIAL BOARD
Kayomarz Balsara
Senior Consultant – GI & Minimal Access Surgery, Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai, India.
kaiozyb@gmail.com
Manish Baijal
Associate Director - Max Institute of Minimal Access, Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery
Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India
mbaijal@yahoo.com
M. G. Bhat
Consultant General and Laparoscopic Surgeon
Apollo Spectra Hospital, Bangalore, India
drmgbhat@gmail.com
Parveen Bhatia
Chairman – Institute of Minimal Access, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.
bhatiaglobal@gmail.com
V Chandrasekharam
Pediatric Surgeon & Pediatric Urologist
Ankura Hospital, Hyderabad, India
vvsssekharam@yahoo.co.in
Mahesh Desai
Medical Director and Managing Trustee
Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital, Nadiad, India.
mrdesai@mpuh@org
Suresh Deshpande
Consultant Surgeon and Director
Swaroop Hospital, Kolhapur, India.
surevati@gmail.com
Kalpesh Jani
Senior Consultant – GI and Minimal Access Surgery
SIGMA Manjlapur Hospital, Vadodara, India.
kvjani@gmail.com
Subhash Khanna
Consultant Minimal Access Surgeon & Medical Director
Swagat Endolaparoscopic Surgical Research Institute
A T Road, Shantipur, Guwahati, India.
profsubhashkhanna@gmail.com
K S Lakshmi
Senior Consultant – Minimal Access, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
Global Hospital, Hyderabad, India.
Lakshmi.kona@ymail.com
Ali Zamir Khan
Chief, Department of Minimally Invasive & Robotic Thoracic Surgery,
Medanta, The Medicity, Gurgaon, India
azamirk@gmail.com
A K Kriplani
Director and Head - Department of Minimal Access Bariatric and G I Surgery
Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon, India.
drajaykriplani@gmail.com
Roy Patankar
Director and GI and Minimal Access Surgery
Zen and Joy Hospitals, Mumbai, India
roypatankar@gmail.com
Praveen Raj
Director, GI & Minimal Access Surgery
GEM Hospital and Research Centre, Coimbatore. India.
@geminstitute.in
M. Ramesh
Head – Department of Minimal Access & Bariatric Surgery
AV Hospital, Bangalore, India
drramesh@hotmail.com
S Ramesh
Prof. & Head, Department of Pediatric MIS,
Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Bangalore, India
drsramesh@gmail.com
G. V. Rao
Chief of Surgical Gastroenterology and Minimally Invasive Surgery
Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, India.
gvraoaig@gmail.com
Pradeep Rao
Chief of Urology
Global Hospital, Mumbai, India.
pprao@mac.com
B Krishna Rau
Ex-Professor and Head of Dept. of Surgery & Director of Surgical Gastroenterology,
Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute University Hospital, Chennai, India
bkr@vsnl.com
Prasanna Kumar Reddy
Senior Consultant & Head - Dept. of Surgical Gastroenterology & Minimal Access Surgery
Apollo Main Hospital, Chennai, India.
drpkreddyapollo@gmail.com
Rasik Shah
Consultant Pediatric Surgeon & Section Head Department of Pediatric Surgery
Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai, India.
rasiksshah@yahoo.co.in
Rajeev Sinha
Professor and Head - Department of General Surgery
MLB Medical College, Kanpur Road, Jhansi, India.
sinha_rga@yahoo.co.in
Om Tantia
Head – Minimal Access & Bariatric Surgery
ILS Hospital Salt Lake, Kolkata, India.
ils@gptgroup.co.in
John Thanakumar
Head GI & Minimal Access Surgery
Anurag Hospital, Coimbatore, India.
drjact@gmail.com
V. Venkatesh
Consultant Surgeon & Director
VG Hospital & Indian Institute of Laparoscopic Surgery, Coimbatore, India.
venky3dlap@gmail.com
INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL BOARD
Mehran Anvari
Chair – Minimally Invasive Surgery and Surgical Innovation
McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
anvari@mcmaster.ca
Andrew de Beaux
Consultant Surgeon, Department of Surgery
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK
adebeaux@doctors.org.uk
Michael Edye
Chair of Surgery
University of Western Sydney, Penrith, Australia.
M.Edye@westernsydney.edu.au
Abe Fingerhut
Professor, Past Chief of GI Surgery, Department of Surgery,
Centre Hospitaler Intercommunal, Poissy, France
abefingerhut@aol.com
Mathias Fobi
Clinical Professor of Surgery, Department of Bariatric, Metabolic and Minimal Access Surgery, Mohak Bariatric and Robotic Surgery Center, Indore, India
drmathias4b@indiapbesity.in
Rolf Hartung
Consultant Surgeon and Head of Department of Surgery
BR Medical Suites - Dubai Healthcare City
Al Razi Building 64, B Block, 4th Floor, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai, UAE
rolfhartung@hotmail.com
John G. Hunter
Mackenzie Professor and Chair of Surgery
Department of Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, USA
hunterj@ohsu.edu
Seigo Kitano
President of Oita University, Oita, Japan.
kitano@oita-u.ac.jp
Davide Lomanto
Senior Consultant Surgeon and Director
National University Singapore, Singapore
surdl@nus.edu.sg
Jacques Marescaux
Chairman, Department of Digestive and Endocrine Surgery,
University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
jacques.marescaux@ircad.u-strasbg.fr
C. Daniel Smith
Past – Chair Department of Surgery
Mayo Clinic in Florida, Atlanta, USA.
Smith.C.Daniel@mayo.edu
Eduardo Targarona
Director of the Unit of Gastrointestinal and Hematological Surgery
Professor of Surgery Hospital Santpau, Barcelona, Spain
etargarona@santpau.cat
Tatsuo Yamakava
Emeritus Professor of Surgery
Teikyo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
