Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery Medknow Publications on behalf of Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery ISSN: 0970-0358 EISSN: 1998-376x Vol. 36, Num. 2, 2003, pp. 140-140

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, Vol. 36, No. 2, Dec, 2003, pp. 140

Letter To Editor

New look Indian journal of plastic surgery

Jackson IT

Code Number: pl03033

Sir,

It was with great surprise and pleasure that I received the "upgraded" edition of the Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery. When I looked at it, it seemed like a plastic surgery journal of some considerable standing. As I went through the published papers, I was even more impressed that this was the case. I think that the Indian Association now has a journal which is a cause for pride, rather than something for which one always makes excuses.

The journal is like the APSICON Meeting; it goes from strength to strength because of the enthusiasm of the wonderful group of young, and not so young, Indian plastic surgeons who are totally up-to-date in their knowledge. They are experimenting with new ideas and some are beginning to be involved in research projects. It is this wave of enthusiasm which will continue to produce improvement at the APSICON Meetings and consequently in the journal content.

Mukund Thatte and his Advisory Board have much to be proud of. What I particularly liked when I read over the names in the various Boards and Committees, it is mainly an array of the young and upcoming plastic surgeons, many of whom have trained elsewhere, together with the trustees who form a wonderful foundation for this whole edifice.

I am honored to be a member of the Association of Plastic Surgeons of India, and I am now proud and pleased to have such a good publication representing the Association. I would ask all of those who are young, and not so young, to support the journal wholeheartedly and to submit their articles and to be proud when they have them published. A journal is like an exotic and precious plant, it requires constant attention by the Editor and it needs to be maintained in its best possible condition by fertilization with ideas, opinions, experimental work, and clinical studies mainly from within India but one would hope also from those who love everything that India has to offer and who hold Indian plastic surgery in high regard.

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