Patient Consent

Compliance with the guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (www.icmje.org) is recommended, following the patient’s consent for research or participation in a study for TUJNAS Publication as per the applicable laws and regulations regarding the privacy and/or security of personal information, including, but not limited to, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA") and other U.S. federal and state laws relating to confidentiality and security of personally distinguishable evidence, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 and member state implementing legislation, Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, India's Information Technology Act and related Privacy Rules, (together "Data Protection and Privacy Laws").

It is the responsibility of the author to ensure that:

• Patient's names, initials, or hospital numbers must not be mentioned anywhere in the manuscript (including figures).
• Authors are responsible for obtaining patient’s consent-to-disclose form for all recognizable photographs, videos, or any other information or personal detail that may be published in the journal, in derivative works, or on the journal’s website.
• The consent-to-disclose form should indicate specific use (publication in the medical literature in print and online, with the understanding that patients and the public will have access) of the patient's information and any images in figures or videos, and must contain the patient's signature or that of a legal guardian along with a statement that the patient or legal guardian has been offered the opportunity to review the recognizable personal data of the patient in the manuscript prior to publication. In the case of children, consent should be obtained from the parent or the legal guardian.
• In case of not obtaining consent, concealing the identity through eye bars or blurring the face would not be acceptable.
• A specific declaration of all above mentioned other similar approvals and consent-to-disclose forms must be made in the copyright letter and a stand-alone paragraph at the end of the article, especially in the case of human studies, where the inclusion of a statement regarding obtaining the written informed consent from each subject or subject's guardian is a must. The original forms should be retained by the guarantor or the corresponding author. The editors, however, may request to provide the original forms by fax or email.
• All such case reports should be followed by proper consent prior to publishing.

Editors may request the authors to provide documentation for a formal review and recommendation from the institutional review board or ethics committee, responsible for any oversight of the study. The editors reserve the right to reject manuscripts that do not comply with the above-mentioned requirements. The author will be held responsible for false statements or failure to fulfill the above-mentioned requirements.