Editor-in–Chief
Prof. Dr. Yogendra P Singh
MBBS, PhD
Professor of GI Surgery
Department of GI Surgery
Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital
Institute of Medicine
Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
Executive Editor
Prof. Dr. Mohan R Sharma
MBBS, MS Surgery
Professor of Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery
Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital
Institute of Medicine
Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
Managing Editor
Dr. Lava Shrestha
MBBS, MD Clinical Physiology
Department of Clinical Physiology
Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital
Institute of Medicine
Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
Editors
Prof. Dr. Geeta Gurung, MBBS, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, MMC, TUTH, IOM
Prof. Dr. Saroj Prasad Ojha, MBBS, MD Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry, MMC, TUTH, IOM
Prof. Mandira Onta, BN, MN
Maharagunj Nursing Campus, IOM
Dr. Mahesh Sigdel, MBBS, MD, DM Nephrology
Department of Nephrology, MMC, TUTH, IOM
Dr. Suresh Uprety, MBBS, MS Orthopaedics
Department of Orthopaedics, MMC, TUTH, IOM
Dr. Pawan R Chalise, MBBS, MS, MCh Urosurgery
Department of Urosurgery, MMC, TUTH, IOM
Dr. Bibhushal Thapa, MBBS, MS, MCh Cardiovascular Surgery
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, MMC, TUTH, IOM
Dr. Bikal Ghimire, MBBS, MS, MCh GI Surgery
Department of GI Surgery , MMC, TUTH, IOM
Dr. Rahul Pathak, MBBS, MD, DM Gastroenterology
Department of Gastroenterology, MMC, TUTH, IOM
Dr. Narayan B Mahotra, MBBS, MD Clinical Physiology
Department of Clinical Physiology, MMC, TUTH, IOM
Dr. Amit Pradhanang, MBBS, MS, MCh Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery, MMC, TUTH, IOM
International Editors
Prof. Anurag Srivastav, India
Prof. Goran Kulberg, Sweden
Prof. Marcus Stoodley, Australia
Prof. Richard Wohns, USA
Dr. Hiroshi Ohara, Japan
Statistical Editor
Dr. Akihiko Ozaki, Japan
English Editor
Dr. Christine C. Groves, USA
Web Manager
Mr. Nabin Adhikari
Advisors
Prof. Dr. Divya S Shah, Dean, Institute of Medicine
Prof. Dr. Rajendra P Sharma Guragain, Assistant Dean, Institute of Medicine
Prof. Dr. Pratap N Prasad, Campus Chief, Maharajgunj Medical Campus
Prof. Dr. Anjani K Jha