Title: Prevalence of Autoimmune Pancreatitis in Pancreatic Resection for Suspected
Malignancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Version: 3 Date: 24 Oct 2023
Reviewer's report:
In the manuscript titled “Prevalence of Autoimmune Pancreatitis in Pancreatic Resection for
Suspected Malignancy: A Scoping Review” Zain A. Karamya et al. present review on the
incidence of autoimmune pancreatitis undergoing pancreatic resection for a suspected pancreatic
malignancy. The topic is very important, as still in some cases operated for a suspected PDAC
a final histology shows autoimmune pancreatitis. Unfortunately, the manuscript is written
superficially, and no deeper analysis is made. I also have several other remarks:
1. The manuscript must be rewritten and language, and style improved.
2. The study registration at PROSPERO is missing.
3. When talking about the morbidity after pancreatectomy authors are referring to a publication
from 2012 (5). However, that publication does not report any morbidity and just refer to another
publication. This shows that authors just copied the percentage, without any literature analysis.
4. Statement “Therefore, it is advisable to avoid performing unnecessary pancreatic resection”
does not make any sense. Pancreatic resection always should be performed when there is an
indication. There is no need to advise.
5. Authors are listing some terms which were used for the search. However, it’s not enough just
to list them – the combinations are needed. Were any Boolean Operators applied?
6. It’s worth considering performing subgroup analysis (according to year, continent etc.). Why
meta-analysis was not possible?
7. Table with bias evaluation is missing.
8. Authors are stating that it was not possible to obtain 4 full-text articles. However, the reasons
are not listed. Did authors reach out to the authors of these 4 missing publications?
Title: Prevalence of Autoimmune Pancreatitis in Pancreatic Resection for Suspected
Malignancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Version: 3 Date: 24 Oct 2023
Reviewer's report:
In the manuscript titled “Prevalence of Autoimmune Pancreatitis in Pancreatic Resection for
Suspected Malignancy: A Scoping Review” Zain A. Karamya et al. present review on the
incidence of autoimmune pancreatitis undergoing pancreatic resection for a suspected pancreatic
malignancy. The topic is very important, as still in some cases operated for a suspected PDAC
a final histology shows autoimmune pancreatitis. Unfortunately, the manuscript is written
superficially, and no deeper analysis is made. I also have several other remarks:
1. The manuscript must be rewritten and language, and style improved.
2. The study registration at PROSPERO is missing.
3. When talking about the morbidity after pancreatectomy authors are referring to a publication
from 2012 (5). However, that publication does not report any morbidity and just refer to another
publication. This shows that authors just copied the percentage, without any literature analysis.
4. Statement “Therefore, it is advisable to avoid performing unnecessary pancreatic resection”
does not make any sense. Pancreatic resection always should be performed when there is an
indication. There is no need to advise.
5. Authors are listing some terms which were used for the search. However, it’s not enough just
to list them – the combinations are needed. Were any Boolean Operators applied?
6. It’s worth considering performing subgroup analysis (according to year, continent etc.). Why
meta-analysis was not possible?
7. Table with bias evaluation is missing.
8. Authors are stating that it was not possible to obtain 4 full-text articles. However, the reasons
are not listed. Did authors reach out to the authors of these 4 missing publications?
Please review this paper.
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Title: Prevalence of Autoimmune Pancreatitis in Pancreatic Resection for Suspected
Malignancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Version: 3 Date: 24 Oct 2023
Reviewer's report:
In the manuscript titled “Prevalence of Autoimmune Pancreatitis in Pancreatic Resection for
Suspected Malignancy: A Scoping Review” Zain A. Karamya et al. present review on the
incidence of autoimmune pancreatitis undergoing pancreatic resection for a suspected pancreatic
malignancy. The topic is very important, as still in some cases operated for a suspected PDAC
a final histology shows autoimmune pancreatitis. Unfortunately, the manuscript is written
superficially, and no deeper analysis is made. I also have several other remarks:
1. The manuscript must be rewritten and language, and style improved.
2. The study registration at PROSPERO is missing.
3. When talking about the morbidity after pancreatectomy authors are referring to a publication
from 2012 (5). However, that publication does not report any morbidity and just refer to another
publication. This shows that authors just copied the percentage, without any literature analysis.
4. Statement “Therefore, it is advisable to avoid performing unnecessary pancreatic resection”
does not make any sense. Pancreatic resection always should be performed when there is an
indication. There is no need to advise.
5. Authors are listing some terms which were used for the search. However, it’s not enough just
to list them – the combinations are needed. Were any Boolean Operators applied?
6. It’s worth considering performing subgroup analysis (according to year, continent etc.). Why
meta-analysis was not possible?
7. Table with bias evaluation is missing.
8. Authors are stating that it was not possible to obtain 4 full-text articles. However, the reasons
are not listed. Did authors reach out to the authors of these 4 missing publications?
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