Publication Name	World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Manuscript ID	91344
Country	India

Category	Surgery
Manuscript Type	Editorial
Article Title	Emerging molecules, tools, technology, and future of surgical knife in gastroenterology
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Ashok Kumar and Anirudh Goyal
Funding Agency and Grant Number
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
Key Words	Newer molecules; Tools and technology; Gastroenterology; Future of surgical knife
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?
Citation	Kumar A, Goyal A. Emerging molecules, tools, technology, and future of surgical knife in gastroenterology. World J Gastrointest Surg 2024; 16(4): 988-998

Received	2023-12-27 10:54
Peer-Review Started	2023-12-27 10:54
To Make the First Decision
Return for Revision	2024-01-27 13:48
Revised	2024-02-18 07:43
Second Decision	2024-04-03 01:38
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2024-04-03 02:34
Articles in Press	2024-04-03 02:34
Publication Fee Transferred
Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor
Typeset the Manuscript	2024-04-11 06:27

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