On the Birth of Journal of Neonatal Surgery

Neonatal surgery encompasses not only the surgical details and techniques of correction of the congenital malformations, but also understanding of the neonatal physiology, the patho-physiology, the spectrum of anomalies, genetics, the diagnostic modalities and advances in technology and neonatal intensive care. In no other components of pediatric surgery, the pre-operative preparation and post-operative management is as critical for a successful outcome as in neonatal surgery. The era when surgical neonates used to be housed in one of the many cubicles at the end of children’s surgical ward is a thing of the past.