Title: Functional outcomes of patients with short-segment Hirschsprung disease after transanal
endorectal pull-through
Version: 1 Date: 24 Jan 2021
Reviewer:  Ugo Grossi
Reviewer's report:
- Abstract
-- ""multivariate analysis showed sex was significantly associated with VBM..."; please add the
word "male" prior to "sex" as appropriate
- Methods
-- "The TEPT was performed by three pediatric surgeons with various experiences in our
institution." It is crucial to add details on surgeons' experience in terms of no. of cases already
performed by each of them, as this will be later acknowledged by the Authors as potential source
of bias among Limitations.
-- "Statistical analysis". Please add details on the statistical software used.
- Results
-- "We examined 55 medical records". Were patients recruited consecutively?
- Please add third decimal to all P values consistently throughout the manuscript.
- Please avoid judgements on the Results by avoiding the use of adverbs (e.g. "Interestingly,
multivariate analysis showed...").
Title: Functional outcomes of patients with short-segment Hirschsprung disease after transanal
endorectal pull-through
Version: 1 Date: 24 Jan 2021
Reviewer:  Ugo Grossi
Reviewer's report:
- Abstract
-- ""multivariate analysis showed sex was significantly associated with VBM..."; please add the
word "male" prior to "sex" as appropriate
- Methods
-- "The TEPT was performed by three pediatric surgeons with various experiences in our
institution." It is crucial to add details on surgeons' experience in terms of no. of cases already
performed by each of them, as this will be later acknowledged by the Authors as potential source
of bias among Limitations.
-- "Statistical analysis". Please add details on the statistical software used.
- Results
-- "We examined 55 medical records". Were patients recruited consecutively?
- Please add third decimal to all P values consistently throughout the manuscript.
- Please avoid judgements on the Results by avoiding the use of adverbs (e.g. "Interestingly,
multivariate analysis showed...").
Please review this paper.
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Title: Functional outcomes of patients with short-segment Hirschsprung disease after transanal
endorectal pull-through
Version: 1 Date: 24 Jan 2021
Reviewer:  Ugo Grossi
Reviewer's report:
- Abstract
-- ""multivariate analysis showed sex was significantly associated with VBM..."; please add the
word "male" prior to "sex" as appropriate
- Methods
-- "The TEPT was performed by three pediatric surgeons with various experiences in our
institution." It is crucial to add details on surgeons' experience in terms of no. of cases already
performed by each of them, as this will be later acknowledged by the Authors as potential source
of bias among Limitations.
-- "Statistical analysis". Please add details on the statistical software used.
- Results
-- "We examined 55 medical records". Were patients recruited consecutively?
- Please add third decimal to all P values consistently throughout the manuscript.
- Please avoid judgements on the Results by avoiding the use of adverbs (e.g. "Interestingly,
multivariate analysis showed...").
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