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MEDICAL JOURNAL ARMED FORCES INDIA (The Official Publication of Armed Forces Medical Services. The Journal in no way indicates official policy.) Editor-in-Chief: Col J Debnath Professor, Department of Radiology, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune-411040
GOVERNING COUNCIL Chairman Lt Gen MK Unni, AVSM, VSM, PHS Director General Armed Forces Medical Services & Senior Colonel Commandant Members Lt Gen Velu Nair, AVSM, VSM**, PHS Director General Medical Services (Army) & Colonel Commandant Surg VAdm Bipin Puri, PHS Director General Medical Services (Navy) Air Mshl Pawan Kapoor VSM, PHS Director General Medical Services (Air) Lt Gen TK Bandyopadhyay, VSM, PHDS Director General Dental Services & Colonel Commandant Lt Gen Sanjiv Chopra, VSM Director General Hospital Services (AF) Lt Gen MD Venkatesh, VSM Commandant, AMC Centre & College and OIC Records Lt Gen SD Duhan, VSM Commandant, Army Hospital (R&R) Surg VAdm AA Pawar, VSM Director General (Org & Pers) Lt Gen CS Narayanan, VSM*** DCIDS (Med) Maj Gen Sushila Shahi, VSM Additional Director General Military Nursing Services Member Secretary Maj Gen JKS Parihar, SM, VSM** Additional Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (MR, H & Trg)
EDITORIAL BOARD Chairman Air Mshl CK Ranjan AVSM VSM
Editor-in-Chief Col J Debnath
Deputy Chairman Maj Gen AK Das
Executive Editor Gp Capt SS Dalal
Treasurer Brig SR Ghosh
Technical Editor Lt Col Kulwinder Singh
INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Dr Dinesh Kumar Makhan Lal Bhugra, CBE Professor of Mental Health & Cultural Diversity, PO25, Health Services and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF Dr Namasivayam Ambalavanan Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Alabama of Birmingham (UAB), USA Dr Donald Pathman, MD MPH, Professor & Research Director, Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Dr G Gopal Rao, OBE HOD & Consultant Microbiologist/Lead Clinician, Infection Control, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 3UJ Dr Ruby Pawankar Dept of Paediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan Dr Subhas Banerjee Director of Endoscopy, Associate Professor of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA
NATIONAL EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Dr YK Chawla Director, Post Graduate Inst of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160002, India
Dr Rajesh Kumar Professor & Head, Community Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh
Dr Neelam Marwaha Professor & Head, Transfusion Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh
Dr Nozer Sheriar Secretary General, Federation of Obstetrics & Gyanecological Society of India (FOGSI)
Dr MV Padma Professor, Neurology, AIIMS, New Delhi Dr Alok Srivastava Professor & Head, Centre for Stem Cell Research, CMC, Vellore Dr Amita Agarwal Professor, Dept of Clinical Immunology, SGPGI, Lucknow Dr Tejindar Singh Director & Professor, Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi Dr Soniya Nityanand Professor & Head, Clinical Immunology, SGPGIMS, Lucknow Dr Subhash Varma Professor & Head, Internal Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh
Dr Raju Sharma Professor, Dept of Radiology, AIIMS, New Delhi Dr V Sitaram Professor & Head, Dept of Hepato Pancreato Biliary Surgery, CMC, Vellore Dr Peush Sahni Professor & Head, Dept of GI Surgery, AIIMS, New Delhi Dr Pratibha Narang Director & Professor, Dept of Microbiology, MGIMS, Sewagram, Wardha & Secretary, Kasturba Health Society, MGIMS, Sewagram, Wardha Dr PK Mishra Professor, Dept of GI Surgery, GB Pant Hospital, Delhi
Dr Sunit C Singhi Professor & Head, Dept of Pediatrics Advanced Pediatrics Centre, PGIMER, Chandigarh
Dr Devendra K Gupta Vice Chancellor, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow
Maj Gen Rakhi Singh, VSM Addl DGAFMS (E&S)
Brig A Nilakantan Prof & HoD, Dept of Otorhinolaryngology
Maj Gen DV Singh Sr Conslt (Surg)
Brig Shakti Vardhan Prof & HoD, Dept of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Brig RC Das Prof & HoD, Dept of Psychiatry
Brig CM Sreedhar Prof & HoD, Dept of Radiology
Brig Yogesh Sharma, VSM Prof & HoD, Dept of Orthopaedics
Col HS Batra Prof & HoD, Dept of Biochemistry
Brig Reena Bharadwaj, VSM Prof & HoD, Dept of Pathology
Col Abhijit Rudra Prof & HoD, Dept of Forensic Medicine
Air Cmde Sandip Mukherji Prof & HoD, Dept of Community Medicine
Col Sourav Sen Prof & HoD, Dept of Microbiology
Brig Sunil Kant, VSM Prof & HoD, Dept of Hospital Administration
Col Bhushan Asthana Assoc Prof & HoD, Dept of Transfusion Med
Surg Cmde SS Mathai, VSM Prof & HoD, Dept of Paediatrics
Col Sandeep Bhalla Director AFMS (MR)
Brig PS Moulick Prof & HoD, Dept of Ophthalmology
Col Sushil Kumar Prof & HoD, Dept of Anatomy
Surg Cmde CS Naidu, VSM Prof & HoD, Dept of Surgery
Col Anuj Chawla Prof & HoD, Dept of Physiology
Brig SK Roy Chowdhury Prof & HoD, Dept of Dental Surgery
Col Aradhana Sood Assoc Prof & HoD, Dept of Dermatology
Brig Pankaj Puri Prof & HoD, Dept of Medicine
Dr AK Sharma Prof & HoD, Dept of Pharmacology
Published quarterly by Director General Armed Forces Medical Services, Ministry of Defence, ‘M’ Block, New Delhi – 110001 and printed on his behalf at EIH Ltd.-Unit Printing Press, IMT Manesar, Gurgaon Address: Medical Journal Armed Forces India, C/o Armed Forces Medical College, Pune – 411040 Civil Tel: (020) 26332951 Mil Tel: 6550 Website: www.mjafi.net; http://ees.elsevier.com/mjafi E-mail: [email protected]/[email protected]/[email protected]/[email protected]
GOVERNING COUNCIL Chairman Lt Gen MK Unni, AVSM, VSM, PHS Director General Armed Forces Medical Services & Senior Colonel Commandant Members Lt Gen Velu Nair, AVSM, VSM**, PHS Director General Medical Services (Army) & Colonel Commandant Surg VAdm Bipin Puri, PHS Director General Medical Services (Navy) Air Mshl Pawan Kapoor VSM, PHS Director General Medical Services (Air) Lt Gen TK Bandyopadhyay, VSM, PHDS Director General Dental Services & Colonel Commandant Lt Gen Sanjiv Chopra, VSM Director General Hospital Services (AF) Lt Gen MD Venkatesh, VSM Commandant, AMC Centre & College and OIC Records Lt Gen SD Duhan, VSM Commandant, Army Hospital (R&R) Surg VAdm AA Pawar, VSM Director General (Org & Pers) Lt Gen CS Narayanan, VSM*** DCIDS (Med) Maj Gen Sushila Shahi, VSM Additional Director General Military Nursing Services Member Secretary Maj Gen JKS Parihar, SM, VSM** Additional Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (MR, H & Trg)
EDITORIAL BOARD Chairman Air Mshl CK Ranjan AVSM VSM
Editor-in-Chief Col J Debnath
Deputy Chairman Maj Gen AK Das
Executive Editor Gp Capt SS Dalal
Treasurer Brig SR Ghosh
Technical Editor Lt Col Kulwinder Singh
INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Dr Dinesh Kumar Makhan Lal Bhugra, CBE Professor of Mental Health & Cultural Diversity, PO25, Health Services and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF Dr Namasivayam Ambalavanan Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Alabama of Birmingham (UAB), USA Dr Donald Pathman, MD MPH, Professor & Research Director, Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Dr G Gopal Rao, OBE HOD & Consultant Microbiologist/Lead Clinician, Infection Control, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 3UJ Dr Ruby Pawankar Dept of Paediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan Dr Subhas Banerjee Director of Endoscopy, Associate Professor of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA
NATIONAL EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Dr YK Chawla Director, Post Graduate Inst of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160002, India
Dr Rajesh Kumar Professor & Head, Community Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh
Dr Neelam Marwaha Professor & Head, Transfusion Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh
Dr Nozer Sheriar Secretary General, Federation of Obstetrics & Gyanecological Society of India (FOGSI)
Dr MV Padma Professor, Neurology, AIIMS, New Delhi Dr Alok Srivastava Professor & Head, Centre for Stem Cell Research, CMC, Vellore Dr Amita Agarwal Professor, Dept of Clinical Immunology, SGPGI, Lucknow Dr Tejindar Singh Director & Professor, Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi Dr Soniya Nityanand Professor & Head, Clinical Immunology, SGPGIMS, Lucknow Dr Subhash Varma Professor & Head, Internal Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh
Dr Raju Sharma Professor, Dept of Radiology, AIIMS, New Delhi Dr V Sitaram Professor & Head, Dept of Hepato Pancreato Biliary Surgery, CMC, Vellore Dr Peush Sahni Professor & Head, Dept of GI Surgery, AIIMS, New Delhi Dr Pratibha Narang Director & Professor, Dept of Microbiology, MGIMS, Sewagram, Wardha & Secretary, Kasturba Health Society, MGIMS, Sewagram, Wardha Dr PK Mishra Professor, Dept of GI Surgery, GB Pant Hospital, Delhi
Dr Sunit C Singhi Professor & Head, Dept of Pediatrics Advanced Pediatrics Centre, PGIMER, Chandigarh
Dr Devendra K Gupta Vice Chancellor, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow
Maj Gen Rakhi Singh, VSM Addl DGAFMS (E&S)
Brig A Nilakantan Prof & HoD, Dept of Otorhinolaryngology
Maj Gen DV Singh Sr Conslt (Surg)
Brig Shakti Vardhan Prof & HoD, Dept of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Brig RC Das Prof & HoD, Dept of Psychiatry
Brig CM Sreedhar Prof & HoD, Dept of Radiology
Brig Yogesh Sharma, VSM Prof & HoD, Dept of Orthopaedics
Col HS Batra Prof & HoD, Dept of Biochemistry
Brig Reena Bharadwaj, VSM Prof & HoD, Dept of Pathology
Col Abhijit Rudra Prof & HoD, Dept of Forensic Medicine
Air Cmde Sandip Mukherji Prof & HoD, Dept of Community Medicine
Col Sourav Sen Prof & HoD, Dept of Microbiology
Brig Sunil Kant, VSM Prof & HoD, Dept of Hospital Administration
Col Bhushan Asthana Assoc Prof & HoD, Dept of Transfusion Med
Surg Cmde SS Mathai, VSM Prof & HoD, Dept of Paediatrics
Col Sandeep Bhalla Director AFMS (MR)
Brig PS Moulick Prof & HoD, Dept of Ophthalmology
Col Sushil Kumar Prof & HoD, Dept of Anatomy
Surg Cmde CS Naidu, VSM Prof & HoD, Dept of Surgery
Col Anuj Chawla Prof & HoD, Dept of Physiology
Brig SK Roy Chowdhury Prof & HoD, Dept of Dental Surgery
Col Aradhana Sood Assoc Prof & HoD, Dept of Dermatology
Brig Pankaj Puri Prof & HoD, Dept of Medicine
Dr AK Sharma Prof & HoD, Dept of Pharmacology
Published quarterly by Director General Armed Forces Medical Services, Ministry of Defence, ‘M’ Block, New Delhi – 110001 and printed on his behalf at EIH Ltd.-Unit Printing Press, IMT Manesar, Gurgaon Address: Medical Journal Armed Forces India, C/o Armed Forces Medical College, Pune – 411040 Civil Tel: (020) 26332951 Mil Tel: 6550 Website: www.mjafi.net; http://ees.elsevier.com/mjafi E-mail: [email protected]/[email protected]/[email protected]/[email protected]