Reviewer's report 
 Mediastinitis complicating a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: a case report Title: 
Authors: 
Kalliopi K Papakonstantinou ( akarab@forthnet.gr )
Dr Athanasios Karagiannis ( cava@otenet.gr )
Dr Maria J Tsirantonaki ( saitanis@aua.gr )
Anastasios Konstantinidis ( akarab@forthnet.gr )
Spiros Spirou ( akarab@forthnet.gr )
Ion Skottis ( akarab@forthnet.gr )
Andreas P Karabinis ( akarab@forthnet.gr )
 1  24 Apr 2003 Version: Date: 
 Ioannis Koutroubakis Reviewer: 
 A paper whose findings are important to those with closely related research Level of interest: 
interests 
 Accept after discretionary revisions Advice on publication: 
This paper reports on a case of mediastinitis complicating a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy 
(PEG). This is a rare complication of PEG and so far it has not been described in the literature. It is an interesting and well written paper. 
Compulsory revisions: 
A figure with the CT scan findings should be added in order to demonstrate the mediastinitis and its 
relation to gastrostomy tube. 
Competing interests: 
None declared. 
Reviewer's report 
 Mediastinitis complicating a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: a case report Title: 
Authors: 
Kalliopi K Papakonstantinou ( akarab@forthnet.gr )
Dr Athanasios Karagiannis ( cava@otenet.gr )
Dr Maria J Tsirantonaki ( saitanis@aua.gr )
Anastasios Konstantinidis ( akarab@forthnet.gr )
Spiros Spirou ( akarab@forthnet.gr )
Ion Skottis ( akarab@forthnet.gr )
Andreas P Karabinis ( akarab@forthnet.gr )
 1  24 Apr 2003 Version: Date: 
 Ioannis Koutroubakis Reviewer: 
 A paper whose findings are important to those with closely related research Level of interest: 
interests 
 Accept after discretionary revisions Advice on publication: 
This paper reports on a case of mediastinitis complicating a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy 
(PEG). This is a rare complication of PEG and so far it has not been described in the literature. It is an interesting and well written paper. 
Compulsory revisions: 
A figure with the CT scan findings should be added in order to demonstrate the mediastinitis and its 
relation to gastrostomy tube. 
Competing interests: 
None declared. 
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report 
 Mediastinitis complicating a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: a case report Title: 
Authors: 
Kalliopi K Papakonstantinou ( akarab@forthnet.gr )
Dr Athanasios Karagiannis ( cava@otenet.gr )
Dr Maria J Tsirantonaki ( saitanis@aua.gr )
Anastasios Konstantinidis ( akarab@forthnet.gr )
Spiros Spirou ( akarab@forthnet.gr )
Ion Skottis ( akarab@forthnet.gr )
Andreas P Karabinis ( akarab@forthnet.gr )
 1  24 Apr 2003 Version: Date: 
 Ioannis Koutroubakis Reviewer: 
 A paper whose findings are important to those with closely related research Level of interest: 
interests 
 Accept after discretionary revisions Advice on publication: 
This paper reports on a case of mediastinitis complicating a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy 
(PEG). This is a rare complication of PEG and so far it has not been described in the literature. It is an interesting and well written paper. 
Compulsory revisions: 
A figure with the CT scan findings should be added in order to demonstrate the mediastinitis and its 
relation to gastrostomy tube. 
Competing interests: 
None declared. 
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