Pakistan Journal Of Surgery


	It is a peer reviewed journal, published quarterly and has controlled circulation. We accept Original Research Articles, Review Articles, Guest Editorials, Case Reports, Commen-taries, Short Communications, Articles on Medical Education, Materia Non-Medica, Selected Abstracts and Letters.

President & Chief Editor
Prof. Abdul Majeed Chaudhry

Secretary & Managing Editor
Dr. Shams Nadeem Alam

Editor
Prof. Zakiuddin G. Oonwala
Prof. Mahmood Ayyaz

Assistant Editors
Dr. Saleem Khan
Dr. Abdul Rehman Alvi

Members
Prof. Ahmed Fawad
Prof. Ataullah Jan
Prof. Imtiaz Rasool
Prof. M. Tufail
Prof. Mustafa Kamal Pasha
Prof. Riaz Hussain Dab
Prof. Tariq Saeed Mufti
Dr. Akmal Jamal
Dr. Altaf A. Talpur
Dr. Ghulam Asghar Channa
Dr. Irfan Mirza
Dr. M. Saleem Shaikh
Dr. Tariq Mahmood Rehan
Dr. Waseem Iqbal Shaikh
Dr. Zafarullah Khan

CONTACT:

Dr. Shams Nadeem Alam,
The Managing Editor,
Pakistan Journal Of Surgery,
Surgical Unit VI, Civil Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Cell: 0321-2151177
0300-8204483
shamsalam@hotmail.com


	EDITORIAL
	Abdominal tuberculosis; Are we seeing a resurgence ? Shams Nadeem Alam, Tariq Mehmood Khan


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	Diabetic Foot: Management problems in our population Syed Abid Ali, Fareed Akbar Shah, Muhammad Ahmed

	Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in acute vs chronic cholecystitis Tariq Saeed, Javeria Iqbal, S. Saeed, S. Shahana, Aziz Wazir

	Instructions to Authors

The Editors and the Members of the Editorial Board will not be held responsible for statements or opinions
expressed by any contributor nor will they necessarily reflect the official policy of the Society of Surgeons of Pakistan.