Title: Outcomes and limitations of endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy in
malignant biliary obstruction
Version: 1 Date: 08 Mar 2021
Reviewer:  Yen-Chih Lin
Reviewer's report:
1. About inclusion criteria, you mentioned you have enrolled the cases of “ malignant infiltration
of duodenal wall in the peripapillary region” ,do you think these cases are accessible or
inaccessible papilla? Is the obstruction level located over anal side of SDA or oral side of SDA?
In your constitution, is ERCP or EUS-CDS  always attemped  before EUS-HGS?
2. In tale 1 ,is the item “Liver metastases” in the table one of the cause of biliary obstruction?
Please make an indent to make it clear.
You may add more tables to demostrate the details of mortality cases and the outcomes/
complications of your study.
Title: Outcomes and limitations of endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy in
malignant biliary obstruction
Version: 1 Date: 08 Mar 2021
Reviewer:  Yen-Chih Lin
Reviewer's report:
1. About inclusion criteria, you mentioned you have enrolled the cases of “ malignant infiltration
of duodenal wall in the peripapillary region” ,do you think these cases are accessible or
inaccessible papilla? Is the obstruction level located over anal side of SDA or oral side of SDA?
In your constitution, is ERCP or EUS-CDS  always attemped  before EUS-HGS?
2. In tale 1 ,is the item “Liver metastases” in the table one of the cause of biliary obstruction?
Please make an indent to make it clear.
You may add more tables to demostrate the details of mortality cases and the outcomes/
complications of your study.
Please review this paper.
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Title: Outcomes and limitations of endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy in
malignant biliary obstruction
Version: 1 Date: 08 Mar 2021
Reviewer:  Yen-Chih Lin
Reviewer's report:
1. About inclusion criteria, you mentioned you have enrolled the cases of “ malignant infiltration
of duodenal wall in the peripapillary region” ,do you think these cases are accessible or
inaccessible papilla? Is the obstruction level located over anal side of SDA or oral side of SDA?
In your constitution, is ERCP or EUS-CDS  always attemped  before EUS-HGS?
2. In tale 1 ,is the item “Liver metastases” in the table one of the cause of biliary obstruction?
Please make an indent to make it clear.
You may add more tables to demostrate the details of mortality cases and the outcomes/
complications of your study.
assistant