Reviewer's report
Title:Fully Covered Self-Expanding Metal Stents Placed Temporarily in the Bile
Duct: Safety Profile and Histologic Classification in a Porcine Model.
Version: 1Date:26 February 2011
Reviewer: Jesús García-Cano
Reviewer's report:
I suggest in the abstract conclusions not to include the final statement “it remains
to be determined if FCSEMS can achieve sustained resolution of benign biliary
stricture in humans”. Because all the work has been to assess these stents are
easily to extract, even they can migrate spontaneously, and they do not cause
substantial injury in the bile duct, but not any stricture has been treated with
them. Instead it could be added something like “as the Wallflex fully covered
biliary stent is easy to remove after months in place and appears not to harm the
bile duct, it could be used to treat benign biliary strictures in humans”.
Level of interest: An article of outstanding merit and interest in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
Reviewer's report
Title:Fully Covered Self-Expanding Metal Stents Placed Temporarily in the Bile
Duct: Safety Profile and Histologic Classification in a Porcine Model.
Version: 1Date:26 February 2011
Reviewer: Jesús García-Cano
Reviewer's report:
I suggest in the abstract conclusions not to include the final statement “it remains
to be determined if FCSEMS can achieve sustained resolution of benign biliary
stricture in humans”. Because all the work has been to assess these stents are
easily to extract, even they can migrate spontaneously, and they do not cause
substantial injury in the bile duct, but not any stricture has been treated with
them. Instead it could be added something like “as the Wallflex fully covered
biliary stent is easy to remove after months in place and appears not to harm the
bile duct, it could be used to treat benign biliary strictures in humans”.
Level of interest: An article of outstanding merit and interest in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
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Reviewer's report
Title:Fully Covered Self-Expanding Metal Stents Placed Temporarily in the Bile
Duct: Safety Profile and Histologic Classification in a Porcine Model.
Version: 1Date:26 February 2011
Reviewer: Jesús García-Cano
Reviewer's report:
I suggest in the abstract conclusions not to include the final statement “it remains
to be determined if FCSEMS can achieve sustained resolution of benign biliary
stricture in humans”. Because all the work has been to assess these stents are
easily to extract, even they can migrate spontaneously, and they do not cause
substantial injury in the bile duct, but not any stricture has been treated with
them. Instead it could be added something like “as the Wallflex fully covered
biliary stent is easy to remove after months in place and appears not to harm the
bile duct, it could be used to treat benign biliary strictures in humans”.
Level of interest: An article of outstanding merit and interest in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
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