Special issue : Academics and Research in Medical Education : New Developments in Laparoscopoc Surgery Guest Editors : Brij Bhushan Agarwal   July-September 2007 VOL.20      No.3 PRESIDENT WRITES 177 FROM EDITOR’S DESK 179 OUR GUEST EDITOR 181 Editorial : Laparoscopic Surgeon and Basics of Technology Is There a Need to Revisit the Classrooms? - Dr. Brij B. Agarwal 183 Ethics For Surgeons : The Role Of Trainees, Surgical Innovations And The Informed Consent - D. Sarin, Brij B. Agarwal, B. K. Rao 185 Communication Skills : An Area Of Concern In Medical Education - krishna Adit Agarwal, Nayan Agarwal, Pooja Pant 189 Training In Laparoscopic Surgery - MC Misra, Virinder Kumar Bansal, Prashant Bhowate, Hemang Bhattacharya 191 New Inventions & Innovations in Endoscopic Surgery - Brij B. Agarwal, Sneh Agarwal, B. K. Sinha, Krishan C Mahajan 197 Scarless Neck Surgery For Benign Thyroid & Parathyroid Pathology - Pradeep K Chowbey, Vandana Soni 201 Electrocautery In Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Leads To Unfavorable Outcome : Results Of A Comparative Study - Brij B. Agarwal 207 Bariatric (Obesity) Surgety : Minimal Access Approach - Pradeep K Chowbey, Vandana Soni, Murtaza Pithawala 209 Technique And Outcomes Of Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair - William W. Hope, Thomas M. Schmelzer, William L. Newcomb, Kent W. Kercher, B. Todd Heniford 213 Recurrence In Endoscopic Total Extraperitoneal Repair (TEP) - Pradeep K Chowbey, Manish Baijal 217 Present Status Of Laparoscopic Pancreatic Surgety - Jin - Young Jang, Ho - Seong Han, Yoo - Seok Yoon, Sun - Whe Kim 221 Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery - Vijay Arora 227 Advances In Laparoscopic Urologic Surgery : Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy - Ajay Sharma 231 Role Of Diagnostic Laparoscopy In Patients Of Chronic Abdominal Pain - Pramoj Jindal, C. S. Ramachandran, Vijay Arora 235 New Frontiers in Laparoscopic Surgery : Robotic Surgery - Parveen Bhatia, Jaydeep H. Palep 239 Fast Track Surgery : Current Concepts - A k Mishra, Jayashree Sood, Brij B. Agarwal 243 Myths And Realities Of Rural Laparoscopic Surgery : Five Year Experience - Exclusive Use Of Air As Insufflating Material Under Regional And Local Anesthesia - R. M. Gautam 247 JIMSA BEST PUBLISHED ARTICLE AWARDS 179 MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION FOR JIMSA 188 DRUG PROFILE 245 LITERATURE REVIEW 208,211 CONFERENCE NEWS 220 ETHICAL GUIDELINES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH 230 FUTURE SPECIAL ISSUES/SYMPOSIA 248 NEXT ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS 241 IMSA NEWS 178 Click here for complete Download (2415 KB)   ISSN 0971 - 071 X Editor : Dr. N. P. Singh