Kumar A, Goyal A. Emerging molecules, tools, technology, and future of surgical knife in gastroenterology. World J Gastrointest Surg 2024; 16(4): 988-998 [PMID: 38690056 DOI: 10.4240/wjgs.v16.i4.988]
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Ashok Kumar, BSc, FASCRS, FRCS, FRCS (Ed), FRCS (Hon), MBBS, MCh, MS, Professor, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow 226014, Uttar Pradesh, India. doc.ashokgupta@gmail.com
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Surgery
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Editorial
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World J Gastrointest Surg. Apr 27, 2024; 16(4): 988-998 Published online Apr 27, 2024. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v16.i4.988
Emerging molecules, tools, technology, and future of surgical knife in gastroenterology
Ashok Kumar, Anirudh Goyal
Ashok Kumar, Anirudh Goyal, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, Uttar Pradesh, India
Co-first authors: Ashok Kumar and Anirudh Goyal.
Author contributions: Kumar A designed the concept, and corrected and finalized the manuscript; Goyal A wrote the manuscript and searched the literatures.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest to disclose.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Ashok Kumar, BSc, FASCRS, FRCS, FRCS (Ed), FRCS (Hon), MBBS, MCh, MS, Professor, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow 226014, Uttar Pradesh, India. doc.ashokgupta@gmail.com
Received: December 27, 2023 Revised: February 18, 2024 Accepted: April 3, 2024 Published online: April 27, 2024
Abstract
The 21st century has started with several innovations in the medical sciences, with wide applications in health care management. This development has taken in the field of medicines (newer drugs/molecules), various tools and technology which has completely changed the patient management including abdominal surgery. Surgery for abdominal diseases has moved from maximally invasive to minimally invasive (laparoscopic and robotic) surgery. Some of the newer medicines have its impact on need for surgical intervention. This article focuses on the development of these emerging molecules, tools, and technology and their impact on present surgical form and its future effects on the surgical intervention in gastroenterological diseases.
Core Tip: This editorial discusses the effect of newer medicines, emerging tools and technology, and their impact on surgery for gastrointestinal diseases and its future. Whether surgery is going to remain in its present form or will come up in a new makeover or vanish completely in the future?
