In 2016, the World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (WJGE) has published the 17^th issue which containing 8 articles contributed by scientists worldwide. Among these comprehensive articles are (1) “Current role of capsule endoscopy in Crohn’s disease”, a Review by Marisol Luján-Sanchis, MD, PhD, et al from the Digestive Diseases Unit, General University Hospital of Valencia, Spain; (2) “Endoscopic management of post-bariatric surgery complications”, a Minireviews by Matthew Kroh, MD, Director, et al from the Department of General Surgery, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, United States, and (3) “Clinical relevance of aberrant polypoid nodule scar after endoscopic submucosal dissection”, an Original Article by Vitor Arantes, MD, MSc, PhD, et al from the Endoscopy Unit, Alfa Institute of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Hospital Mater Dei Contorno, Brazil, 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 endoscopy 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 17, September 16, 2016.

Figure 1 The cover of the issue. Editorial Board Member of World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Mahesh K Goenka, FACG, FASGE, MD, MNAMS, MNAMS, Director, Institute of Gastrosciences, Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata 700054, India

The WJGE 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 endoscopy. It was launched on October 15, 2009 and is published biweekly (24 issues annually) by BPG, the world's leading professional clinical medical journal publishing company.

We encourage gastrointestinal endoscopists worldwide to submit manuscripts to the WJGE describing their original basic or clinical research findings that are of high academic valueand 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/1948-5190/e-journal.htm.