In 2016, the World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery (WJGS) has published the 10^th issue which containing 8 articles contributed by scientists worldwide. Among these comprehensive articles are (1) “Advances in minimally invasive neonatal colorectal surgery”, a Minireviews by Stefano Giuliani, MD, et al from the Department of Paediatric Surgery, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom; (2) “Increasing trend in retained rectal foreign bodies”, an Original Article by Abraham A Ayantunde, MBBS, FRCS, et al from the Department of Surgery, Southend University Hospital, United Kingdom; and (3) “Acute pain management in symptomatic cholelithiasis”, an Evidence-Based Medicine by Tahir Masudi, FEBS, MRCS, et al from the York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the York Teaching Hospital, United Kingdom, etc. We invite you to peruse all 8 articles in this issue, as they present the latest research progress/findings and provide insightful comments in gastrointestinal surgery that will guide basic research and clinical practice in these fields.

This journal is an open-access journal which allows free immediate access to all full-text articles. For details, please visit: Volume 8, Issue 10, October 27, 2016.

Figure 1 The cover of the issue. Editorial Board Member of World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Tsuyoshi Konishi, MD, PhD, Doctor, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, The Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCR, Tokyo 135-8550, Japan

The WJGS is a leading academic journal devoted to reporting the latest, cutting-edge research progress and findings of basic research and clinical practice in the field of gastrointestinal surgery. It was launched on November 30, 2009 and is published monthly (12 issues annually) by BPG, the world's leading professional clinical medical journal publishing company.

We encourage surgical specialists worldwide to submit manuscripts to the WJGS describing their original basic or clinical research findings that are of high academic value and which report new diagnostic techniques or summarize their treatment experiences.

We invited the readers to download and read the E-Journal of this issue, at: http://www.wjgnet.com/1948-9366/e-journal.htm.