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Editorial

After North America, followed by Europe, India is growing as the largest market for
robotic surgery due to developed health care infrastructure, increasing incidence of chronic
diseases and technological advancement in the region.
India is expected to show high growth rate in the robotic surgery in next few years
due to Government initiatives and rise in awareness about robot-assisted minimal access
surgeries.
Robotic surgery has many direct advantages to the patients as the precision is beyond the
limit of human hand. In addition, rise in need for faster recovery, reduce pain and discomfort and increasing
awareness about benefits of robotic surgery are expected to drive the market for robotic surgery.
Surgical robotics is a new technology that holds significant promise. Robotic surgery is often heralded
as the new revolution, and it is one of the most talked about subjects in surgery today. In coming issues of
World Journal of Laparoscopic Surgery (WJOLS), we are continuously going to publish articles related to
robotic surgery. It is our hope that by these articles, readers will be able to make a more informed decision
about robotic surgery before they jump into this new technology. Our goal in publishing the articles related
to robotic surgery is to provide an objective evaluation of the robotic technology and to touch on some of the
good as well as bad aspects that manufacturers of robots do not disclose.
I hope that readers will like this issue and they will give their valuable suggestions. We value your patron-
age and appreciate your confidence in WJOLS. Counting you among our valuable readers is something for
which we are especially grateful.
On behalf of all of us at the team of WJOLS, I wish you a very happy new Year 2017.

RK Mishra
Editor-in-Chief
World Journal of Laparoscopic Surgery
Chairman
World Laparoscopy Hospital
Gurgaon, India

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