Reviewer's report
Title:Acute Retroperitoneal Bleeding due to Inferior Mesenteric Artery Aneurysm
Version: 1Date:6 August 2009
Reviewer: Theodore H Teruya
Reviewer's report:
This is an interesting manuscript describing a very rare problem.
Major compulsory revision
1. It is difficult to figure out what was done in the repair of the inferior mesenteric
artery aneurysm. I was able to figure it out with some review, however it should
be explained in detail so the reader can understand it easily. For example. 'The
aneurysm was excised. The normal proximal and distal ends of the inferior
mesenteric artery were then mobilized. The artery was then reconnected in an
end to end manner to re-establish flow.'
Minor Essential Revision
2. There are multiple spelling and grammatical errors in the manuscript. These
must be corrected before the manuscript can be accepted. Unfortunately there
are too many to mention.
3. The case presentation should say CT was performed in line 3. The size of the
retroperitoneal hematoma should be stated(not just saying that it was huge.)
4. Sentence should be 'This produces localized areas high arterial pressure in an
unadapted vessel that can lead to aneurysm formation and subsequently lead to
rupture. This was the case in our patient.'
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Not suitable for publication unless extensively edited
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests' below.
Reviewer's report
Title:Acute Retroperitoneal Bleeding due to Inferior Mesenteric Artery Aneurysm
Version: 1Date:6 August 2009
Reviewer: Theodore H Teruya
Reviewer's report:
This is an interesting manuscript describing a very rare problem.
Major compulsory revision
1. It is difficult to figure out what was done in the repair of the inferior mesenteric
artery aneurysm. I was able to figure it out with some review, however it should
be explained in detail so the reader can understand it easily. For example. 'The
aneurysm was excised. The normal proximal and distal ends of the inferior
mesenteric artery were then mobilized. The artery was then reconnected in an
end to end manner to re-establish flow.'
Minor Essential Revision
2. There are multiple spelling and grammatical errors in the manuscript. These
must be corrected before the manuscript can be accepted. Unfortunately there
are too many to mention.
3. The case presentation should say CT was performed in line 3. The size of the
retroperitoneal hematoma should be stated(not just saying that it was huge.)
4. Sentence should be 'This produces localized areas high arterial pressure in an
unadapted vessel that can lead to aneurysm formation and subsequently lead to
rupture. This was the case in our patient.'
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Not suitable for publication unless extensively edited
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests' below.
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Reviewer's report
Title:Acute Retroperitoneal Bleeding due to Inferior Mesenteric Artery Aneurysm
Version: 1Date:6 August 2009
Reviewer: Theodore H Teruya
Reviewer's report:
This is an interesting manuscript describing a very rare problem.
Major compulsory revision
1. It is difficult to figure out what was done in the repair of the inferior mesenteric
artery aneurysm. I was able to figure it out with some review, however it should
be explained in detail so the reader can understand it easily. For example. 'The
aneurysm was excised. The normal proximal and distal ends of the inferior
mesenteric artery were then mobilized. The artery was then reconnected in an
end to end manner to re-establish flow.'
Minor Essential Revision
2. There are multiple spelling and grammatical errors in the manuscript. These
must be corrected before the manuscript can be accepted. Unfortunately there
are too many to mention.
3. The case presentation should say CT was performed in line 3. The size of the
retroperitoneal hematoma should be stated(not just saying that it was huge.)
4. Sentence should be 'This produces localized areas high arterial pressure in an
unadapted vessel that can lead to aneurysm formation and subsequently lead to
rupture. This was the case in our patient.'
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Not suitable for publication unless extensively edited
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests' below.
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