Title: The impact of face shields on the quality of gastrointestinal endoscopy during the
COVID-19 pandemic
Version: 2 Date: 12 Nov 2021
Reviewer:  Renato Pietroletti
Reviewer's report:
Dear Author, the article submitted  is interesting and the investigation is well conducted  but is
almost identical to a recently published paperalso coming from South Korea: The Influence of
Face Shields on the Quality of Colonoscopy in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jin Wook Lee1 et al , Gut Liver 2021 Aug 25. doi: 10.5009/gnl210063. Online ahead of print .
You may understand that the  suspect of plagiarism is justify ied. Therefore it cannot be published
in the present form.
However there are several way to improve your work and differentiate to the already published
material. I may suggest the following:
1- Please cite and comment the above mentioned article
2- Please cite and comment the paper by  Shapiro M, Gastrointest endosc 1994; 40(4): 477-80
3- Please cite and comment the paper by  Ofori E, Ann gastroenterol 2018; 31(4):448-455
4-  Page 10 line 192 please add literature data on risk of  covid-19 trasmission  in upper GI
endoscopy
5- to improve and differentiate you paper from the work of your collegues,  you may add data
concerning  influence of faceshields in upper GI endoscopy  and/or during operative endoscopy
(polipectomy, ERCP)
Title: The impact of face shields on the quality of gastrointestinal endoscopy during the
COVID-19 pandemic
Version: 2 Date: 12 Nov 2021
Reviewer:  Renato Pietroletti
Reviewer's report:
Dear Author, the article submitted  is interesting and the investigation is well conducted  but is
almost identical to a recently published paperalso coming from South Korea: The Influence of
Face Shields on the Quality of Colonoscopy in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jin Wook Lee1 et al , Gut Liver 2021 Aug 25. doi: 10.5009/gnl210063. Online ahead of print .
You may understand that the  suspect of plagiarism is justify ied. Therefore it cannot be published
in the present form.
However there are several way to improve your work and differentiate to the already published
material. I may suggest the following:
1- Please cite and comment the above mentioned article
2- Please cite and comment the paper by  Shapiro M, Gastrointest endosc 1994; 40(4): 477-80
3- Please cite and comment the paper by  Ofori E, Ann gastroenterol 2018; 31(4):448-455
4-  Page 10 line 192 please add literature data on risk of  covid-19 trasmission  in upper GI
endoscopy
5- to improve and differentiate you paper from the work of your collegues,  you may add data
concerning  influence of faceshields in upper GI endoscopy  and/or during operative endoscopy
(polipectomy, ERCP)
Please review this paper.
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Title: The impact of face shields on the quality of gastrointestinal endoscopy during the
COVID-19 pandemic
Version: 2 Date: 12 Nov 2021
Reviewer:  Renato Pietroletti
Reviewer's report:
Dear Author, the article submitted  is interesting and the investigation is well conducted  but is
almost identical to a recently published paperalso coming from South Korea: The Influence of
Face Shields on the Quality of Colonoscopy in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jin Wook Lee1 et al , Gut Liver 2021 Aug 25. doi: 10.5009/gnl210063. Online ahead of print .
You may understand that the  suspect of plagiarism is justify ied. Therefore it cannot be published
in the present form.
However there are several way to improve your work and differentiate to the already published
material. I may suggest the following:
1- Please cite and comment the above mentioned article
2- Please cite and comment the paper by  Shapiro M, Gastrointest endosc 1994; 40(4): 477-80
3- Please cite and comment the paper by  Ofori E, Ann gastroenterol 2018; 31(4):448-455
4-  Page 10 line 192 please add literature data on risk of  covid-19 trasmission  in upper GI
endoscopy
5- to improve and differentiate you paper from the work of your collegues,  you may add data
concerning  influence of faceshields in upper GI endoscopy  and/or during operative endoscopy
(polipectomy, ERCP)
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