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Bellows A foreword from the Editor-in-Chief

Review Articles, Case Reports, Brief Communications, extend my gratitude to my co-editors, editorial board
Editorial, and Letters to Editor. Moreover, images and members, and reviewers, as well as the contributing
videos about novel minimally invasive technologies are authors for creating this first issue.
also welcomed. Our journal will allow rapid publication
of manuscripts after rigorous peer review. Currently, The Editorial Board and myself will continue to provide
the journal does not charge for submission, processing, our readers with meaningful articles on the spectrum
or publication of manuscripts; color reproduction of of minimally invasive surgery that are well written and
photographs is also free. We look forward to helping up-to-date.
advance the field of mini-invasive surgery by providing
a premier medium for publication. Authors’ contributions

In this issue, readers will find a diverse group of C.F. Bellows contributed solely to this paper.
manuscripts. The features of the articles in this
volume touch upon developments in the spectrum Financial support and sponsorship
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surgery as applied to areas of clinical research,
surgical techniques, reviews and editorials relevant for Conflicts of interest
improved clinical practice. There are no conflicts of interest.

I hope the readers are making frequent use of this Patient consent
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stimulate a robust scientific understanding of minimally
invasive surgery with the long-term aim of improving Ethics approval
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