Reviewer's report 
 Outcome of index upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in patients presenting with dysphagia in a tertiary Title: 
care hospital-A 10 years review. 
 1  7 June 2007 Version: Date: 
 Khean-Lee Goh Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
Retrospective review of UGI endoscopies performed in a surgical unit over a period of time. 
The significance of the findings are of very low clincal interest. There is nothing exceptional in a basically 
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 Reject because too small an advance to publish What next?: 
 An article of insufficient interest to warrant publication in a scientific/medical journal Level of interest: 
 Acceptable Quality of written English: 
 No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician. Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
'I declare that I have no competing interests' 
Reviewer's report 
 Outcome of index upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in patients presenting with dysphagia in a tertiary Title: 
care hospital-A 10 years review. 
 1  7 June 2007 Version: Date: 
 Khean-Lee Goh Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
Retrospective review of UGI endoscopies performed in a surgical unit over a period of time. 
The significance of the findings are of very low clincal interest. There is nothing exceptional in a basically 
convenience sort of study ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can be 
reached) 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of a term, which the author 
can be trusted to correct) 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Reject because too small an advance to publish What next?: 
 An article of insufficient interest to warrant publication in a scientific/medical journal Level of interest: 
 Acceptable Quality of written English: 
 No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician. Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
'I declare that I have no competing interests' 
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report 
 Outcome of index upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in patients presenting with dysphagia in a tertiary Title: 
care hospital-A 10 years review. 
 1  7 June 2007 Version: Date: 
 Khean-Lee Goh Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
Retrospective review of UGI endoscopies performed in a surgical unit over a period of time. 
The significance of the findings are of very low clincal interest. There is nothing exceptional in a basically 
convenience sort of study ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can be 
reached) 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of a term, which the author 
can be trusted to correct) 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Reject because too small an advance to publish What next?: 
 An article of insufficient interest to warrant publication in a scientific/medical journal Level of interest: 
 Acceptable Quality of written English: 
 No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician. Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
'I declare that I have no competing interests' 
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