The 24th volume of this highly successful series includes new contemporary topics such as corrosive injuries of the oesophagus, post-gastrectomy complications, advances in imaging of inflammatory bowel disease, unusual presentations of gallstones, gall bladder cancer with jaundice, minimally invasive pancreatic surgery, and enhanced recovery after surgery. Finally, the chapter on advances in GI surgery, like in each past volume, reviews important new developments in the field.

The GI Surgery Annual 24th Volume provides an overall roundup of selected topics that were deemed particularly relevant and topical by the series editors.

TK Chattopadhyayis Professor Emeritus, Department of GI Surgery and Liver Transplantation, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He initiated this series 22 years ago and has been the editor-in-chief of this series since its inception. Presently, he is Professor and Head, Department of HPB Surgery, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi.

Peush Sahniis Professor and Head, Department of GI Surgery and Liver Transplantation, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He has been editor of this series since the second volume of this series.

Sujoy Palis Additional Professor, Department of GI Surgery and Liver Transplantation, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He has been editor of this series since 2005.

Corrosive injuries of the oesophagus.- Post-gastrectomy complications.- Advances in imaging of inflammatory bowel disease.- Unusual presentations of gallstones.- Gall bladder cancer with jaundice: The unscaled frontier.- Minimally invasive pancreatic surgery: What the future holds for this field?.- Enhanced Recovery after Surgery: Applicability and results for abdominal surgery and impediments for universal usage.- Advances in gastrointestinal surgery.