International Journal of Surgery 25 Supplement 1 (2016) S29
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Peer review report
Peer review report 1 on “Patient selection for laparoscopic excision of adrenal metastases: A multicenter cohort study”
1. Original submission 1.1. Recommendation Minor Revision.
Page 8, line 11, “threeshowed”, and line 23, “anunfavourable”. Page 9, line 3, “anunfavourable”. Title of Figure1, “Cancer-specificsurvivalaccording”, and 1: “otherprimarytumors”. Authors should specify the meaning of “ … ” in page 3, lines 8, 9 and 12.
1.2. Comments to the author This submission is a retrospective cohort study of patients with adrenal metastases having laparoscopic excision at two academic urology departments from 2006 to 2014. A total of 43 patients counting a total of 45 laparoscopic adrenalectomies were analyzed with regard to patient characteristics, complications, and outcomes including recurrence and mortality were analysed. The manuscript is well written, I would recommend minor revision of the submission. There are so many typos; lack of spacing. Authors should revise well for typos. Here are the examples. Abstract, line 6, “included.Primary”. Page 3, line 2, “reviewwas”, “allconsecutive”. Page5, line 4, “34.7).Primary”.
DOI of published article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2015.10.038. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2015.11.054 1743-9191
2. First revision 2.1. Recommendation Accept. Shinya Uchino, MD, PhD, Head of Surgery Noguchi Thyroid Clinic and Hospital Foundation, Department of Surgery, 6-33 Noguchi Naka-machi, Beppu, Oita 874-0932, Japan E-mail address:
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