Title: The utility of self-expanding metal stents in benign biliary strictures- a retrospective case
series
Version: 1 Date: 02 Aug 2023
Reviewer:  Bhaskar Kante
Reviewer's report:
Congratulations to the authors for the great work on retrospectives series about outcomes of
SEMS in benign biliary stricture.  I have few constructive comments to make for a better
manuscript.
1.  Define the outcomes in detail such as stricture resolution, clinical outcomes and recurrence
2. Elaborate on the protocols used at your institute about how do manage patients with benign
biliary stricture of liver transplantation and chronic pancreatitis
3.  Discussion needs to be rewritten with focussing on outcomes and comparison with other
studies on effectiveness of SEMS in patients with liver transplantation and  chronic pancreatitis
4. Mention about the SEMS details ,  company name origin
5.  Predominant population in this study is post liver anastomotic stricture, better focus on this
population while revising the manuscript,
chronic pancreatitis population is too low to derive the conclusions
6. Details about the liver cirrhosis ,etiologies, indications and type of liver transplant (live related
or dead)
7. Rewrite the title, better not to write in question format
Title: The utility of self-expanding metal stents in benign biliary strictures- a retrospective case
series
Version: 1 Date: 02 Aug 2023
Reviewer:  Bhaskar Kante
Reviewer's report:
Congratulations to the authors for the great work on retrospectives series about outcomes of
SEMS in benign biliary stricture.  I have few constructive comments to make for a better
manuscript.
1.  Define the outcomes in detail such as stricture resolution, clinical outcomes and recurrence
2. Elaborate on the protocols used at your institute about how do manage patients with benign
biliary stricture of liver transplantation and chronic pancreatitis
3.  Discussion needs to be rewritten with focussing on outcomes and comparison with other
studies on effectiveness of SEMS in patients with liver transplantation and  chronic pancreatitis
4. Mention about the SEMS details ,  company name origin
5.  Predominant population in this study is post liver anastomotic stricture, better focus on this
population while revising the manuscript,
chronic pancreatitis population is too low to derive the conclusions
6. Details about the liver cirrhosis ,etiologies, indications and type of liver transplant (live related
or dead)
7. Rewrite the title, better not to write in question format
Please review this paper.
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Title: The utility of self-expanding metal stents in benign biliary strictures- a retrospective case
series
Version: 1 Date: 02 Aug 2023
Reviewer:  Bhaskar Kante
Reviewer's report:
Congratulations to the authors for the great work on retrospectives series about outcomes of
SEMS in benign biliary stricture.  I have few constructive comments to make for a better
manuscript.
1.  Define the outcomes in detail such as stricture resolution, clinical outcomes and recurrence
2. Elaborate on the protocols used at your institute about how do manage patients with benign
biliary stricture of liver transplantation and chronic pancreatitis
3.  Discussion needs to be rewritten with focussing on outcomes and comparison with other
studies on effectiveness of SEMS in patients with liver transplantation and  chronic pancreatitis
4. Mention about the SEMS details ,  company name origin
5.  Predominant population in this study is post liver anastomotic stricture, better focus on this
population while revising the manuscript,
chronic pancreatitis population is too low to derive the conclusions
6. Details about the liver cirrhosis ,etiologies, indications and type of liver transplant (live related
or dead)
7. Rewrite the title, better not to write in question format
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