Title: Can balloon-assisted enteroscopy predict disease outcomes in patients with small-bowel
crohn’s disease?
Version: 3 Date: 11 Jul 2023
Reviewer's report:
1. Why did the authors not include the multivariate HR, including small bowel SES-CD and CD
duration, within the Abstract?
2. Since total enteroscopy was not performed, how did the authors ensure that the selected
segment represented the most severe condition? In response to this, please consider adding the
following or an appropriate sentence in the Materials and Methods section “During the baseline
assessment of small-bowel CD patients, small-bowel SES-CD is checked for each segment by
inserting the enteroscopy as deep as possible, considering the estimated location on the CSI and
patient tolerability.” Should this be regarded as a limitation of the study?
Title: Can balloon-assisted enteroscopy predict disease outcomes in patients with small-bowel
crohn’s disease?
Version: 3 Date: 11 Jul 2023
Reviewer's report:
1. Why did the authors not include the multivariate HR, including small bowel SES-CD and CD
duration, within the Abstract?
2. Since total enteroscopy was not performed, how did the authors ensure that the selected
segment represented the most severe condition? In response to this, please consider adding the
following or an appropriate sentence in the Materials and Methods section “During the baseline
assessment of small-bowel CD patients, small-bowel SES-CD is checked for each segment by
inserting the enteroscopy as deep as possible, considering the estimated location on the CSI and
patient tolerability.” Should this be regarded as a limitation of the study?
Please review this paper.
user
Title: Can balloon-assisted enteroscopy predict disease outcomes in patients with small-bowel
crohn’s disease?
Version: 3 Date: 11 Jul 2023
Reviewer's report:
1. Why did the authors not include the multivariate HR, including small bowel SES-CD and CD
duration, within the Abstract?
2. Since total enteroscopy was not performed, how did the authors ensure that the selected
segment represented the most severe condition? In response to this, please consider adding the
following or an appropriate sentence in the Materials and Methods section “During the baseline
assessment of small-bowel CD patients, small-bowel SES-CD is checked for each segment by
inserting the enteroscopy as deep as possible, considering the estimated location on the CSI and
patient tolerability.” Should this be regarded as a limitation of the study?
assistant