Reviewer's report
Title:Case series of Meckel's diverticulum: usefulness of double-balloon
enteroscopy for diagnosis
Version: 2Date:29 September 2013
Reviewer: Tom Moreels
Reviewer's report:
The authors provide a descriptive case series of 10 patients with Meckel's
diverticulum diagnosed by double-balloon enteroscopy. There are several
comments to be addressed:
A. Major comments:
1. There are several grammatical and spelling errors throughout the text.
2. The table (as supplementary file) is more clear as compared to the description
of each individual case. It is suggested to include the table in the text and
suppress the description of each case to 2 or 3 sentences.
3. Although 6 patients underwent Meckel scintigraphy, only 1 was positive. This
is an important finding, which should be highlighted in the discussion, stating the
negative Meckel scintigraphy does not exclude the presence of Meckel's
diverticulum.
4. Figure 3 of capsule endoscopy showing "biffurcation" is not convincing. It is
generally extremely difficult to diagnose Meckel's diverticulum using capsule
endoscopy. This should be discussed.
5. It is suggested to include a clinical flowchart of examinations when Meckel's
diverticulum is suspected.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
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
Reviewer's report
Title:Case series of Meckel's diverticulum: usefulness of double-balloon
enteroscopy for diagnosis
Version: 2Date:29 September 2013
Reviewer: Tom Moreels
Reviewer's report:
The authors provide a descriptive case series of 10 patients with Meckel's
diverticulum diagnosed by double-balloon enteroscopy. There are several
comments to be addressed:
A. Major comments:
1. There are several grammatical and spelling errors throughout the text.
2. The table (as supplementary file) is more clear as compared to the description
of each individual case. It is suggested to include the table in the text and
suppress the description of each case to 2 or 3 sentences.
3. Although 6 patients underwent Meckel scintigraphy, only 1 was positive. This
is an important finding, which should be highlighted in the discussion, stating the
negative Meckel scintigraphy does not exclude the presence of Meckel's
diverticulum.
4. Figure 3 of capsule endoscopy showing "biffurcation" is not convincing. It is
generally extremely difficult to diagnose Meckel's diverticulum using capsule
endoscopy. This should be discussed.
5. It is suggested to include a clinical flowchart of examinations when Meckel's
diverticulum is suspected.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
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
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Reviewer's report
Title:Case series of Meckel's diverticulum: usefulness of double-balloon
enteroscopy for diagnosis
Version: 2Date:29 September 2013
Reviewer: Tom Moreels
Reviewer's report:
The authors provide a descriptive case series of 10 patients with Meckel's
diverticulum diagnosed by double-balloon enteroscopy. There are several
comments to be addressed:
A. Major comments:
1. There are several grammatical and spelling errors throughout the text.
2. The table (as supplementary file) is more clear as compared to the description
of each individual case. It is suggested to include the table in the text and
suppress the description of each case to 2 or 3 sentences.
3. Although 6 patients underwent Meckel scintigraphy, only 1 was positive. This
is an important finding, which should be highlighted in the discussion, stating the
negative Meckel scintigraphy does not exclude the presence of Meckel's
diverticulum.
4. Figure 3 of capsule endoscopy showing "biffurcation" is not convincing. It is
generally extremely difficult to diagnose Meckel's diverticulum using capsule
endoscopy. This should be discussed.
5. It is suggested to include a clinical flowchart of examinations when Meckel's
diverticulum is suspected.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
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
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