Our entire experience publishing in World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery has been highly positive. We sincerely appreciate the professional and efficient work of the editorial office, peer reviewers, and production team from Baishideng Publishing Group. Throughout the whole process, including manuscript submission, peer review, revision, language editing, proofreading and final online publication, the workflow was well organized and transparent. The reviewer comments were objective, rigorous and constructive, which effectively helped us improve the academic presentation and logical structure of our manuscript. The editorial staff responded promptly to our inquiries, the F6 submission system was user-friendly, and the production team performed careful proofreading and formatting. The journal strictly upholds academic publication ethics and maintains high academic standards. As a SCIE-indexed journal in the field of gastrointestinal surgery, WJGS provides an excellent open-access platform for disseminating clinical case reports and surgical research to peers worldwide. This was a pleasant publishing experience. We are truly grateful for the professional support from the editorial team. We are willing to submit future manuscripts to this journal and recommend it to researchers in the same field.