Editorial Policy

Following categories of papers may be published:

Original Articles: These articles present new, valid and relevant investigations into the aetiology, pathology, diagnosis and treatment of surgical diseases, if it shows original research work relevant to surgery in a formatted form. It should be between 2000 to 2500 words with no more than three tables or illustrations and the total number of references cited should be between 20 to 40. The abstract should consist of no more than 300 words with 3 to 10 appropriate keywords.

Case Reports: These must be of educational value, and stress unusual features of diseases. They should consist of unstructured abstract of between 100 to 150 words with 3 to 10 keywords. It should have the following headings: Introduction, Case Report, Discussion and References. The length of the case report should not be more than 1000 words.

Ideas and Innovations: These must contain reports of original, hitherto unreported techniques or modifications of existing procedures. Short reports on new instruments invented by authors are also welcome.

The manuscript submitted should not be more than 1500 words with 3 to 5 photographs or illustrations.

Other categories acceptable are: Review Articles, Articles on Medical Education, Commentaries, Materia Non-Medica, Letters to the Editor.

Detailed instructions on the above categories are available on the Journal’s Website.

All materials/data used during the study and for preparation of the manuscript should be retained by the authors as this can be requested by the editorial board during the process of peer review and also following publications of the article if need be.