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  23 Apr 2003 Version: Date: 
 callum B pearce Reviewer: 
 A paper whose findings are important to those with closely related research Level of interest: 
interests 
 Accept after discretionary revisions Advice on publication: 
I think this is a good case report, of a case which is worth reporting. In general it is well written and 
interesting. 
I can think of no specific alterations that are needed, although I would not have included the table of 
complications of PEG tube insertion as these have been extensively reported elsewhere and I do not 
feel this adds to the publication as a whole. 
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  23 Apr 2003 Version: Date: 
 callum B pearce Reviewer: 
 A paper whose findings are important to those with closely related research Level of interest: 
interests 
 Accept after discretionary revisions Advice on publication: 
I think this is a good case report, of a case which is worth reporting. In general it is well written and 
interesting. 
I can think of no specific alterations that are needed, although I would not have included the table of 
complications of PEG tube insertion as these have been extensively reported elsewhere and I do not 
feel this adds to the publication as a whole. 
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  23 Apr 2003 Version: Date: 
 callum B pearce Reviewer: 
 A paper whose findings are important to those with closely related research Level of interest: 
interests 
 Accept after discretionary revisions Advice on publication: 
I think this is a good case report, of a case which is worth reporting. In general it is well written and 
interesting. 
I can think of no specific alterations that are needed, although I would not have included the table of 
complications of PEG tube insertion as these have been extensively reported elsewhere and I do not 
feel this adds to the publication as a whole. 
Competing interests: 
None declared. 
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