Esteemed colleagues,

We have left 2017 behind, and greeted 2018 with many changes. I would like to share some information about these changes here.

Firstly, the administrative board of the Turkish Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery has changed. With the departure of some of our highly respected colleagues who pioneered colorectal surgery in Turkey, a new group of young and dynamic colleagues devoted to the development of colorectal surgery have joined the administrative board, in accordance with the policies of the Turkish Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery, which prioritizes change and renewal.

With the dynamic and hardworking structure of TSCRS, this year we will launch the benign anorectal disease course, as well as a laparoscopic colorectal surgery course, nutrition school, cadaver course, pelvic floor disease course, EBSQ preparation course, hands-on fistula treatment course, peritoneal carcinomatosis, and HIPEC and infectious diseases course, for a total of 18 courses providing postgraduate education.

Of course, one of our most important achievements is that the Turkish Journal of Colorectal Disease (TJCD) is now included in the ProQuest index. I am proud to share this good news with you. This index has recently become very popular and widely used in medical libraries. In 2018, we are also targeting new and well-known indexes.

Along with the new administrative board, there will also be some changes in the management of the journal. In accordance with our policy of always seeking to improve, in the next issue there will be changes in some of our assistant editor positions. I will announce the new members of the editorial board in the next issue.

In addition, I will also announce our new goals for this year in the next issue.

The current issue is full of great content. Four research articles, a review, four case reports, and two letters to the editor are presented for your reading pleasure. One of these studies is a fascinating research paper concerning superficial surgical site infections and their precautions. Also sure to capture your interest are an experimental study about anal cancer, which is becoming more common in our country; another article about the outcomes of elastic seton for chronic complex fistulas, which can pose a challenge in clinical practice; and the other research article examining the outcomes of colonoscopic screening, which is now routine practice in our country.

In addition to these, there is a review article about internet- and web-based education, which is becoming a part of our daily lives. Together with the two letters to the editor and four case reports, we have quite a full issue for you. We hope you will enjoy it.

Best regards until the next issue...

Tahsin Çolak, MD

Editor-in-Chief