Peer review report 1 on “Incidence and risk factors for surgical site infection after open reduction and internal fixation of tibial plateau fractures: A meta-analysis”

International Journal of Surgery 37 Supplement 1 (2017) S286

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Peer review report 1 on “Incidence and risk factors for surgical site infection after open reduction and internal fixation of tibial plateau fractures: A meta-analysis”

[H1]Original Submission

[H1]First Revision

[H2]Recommendation

[H2]Recommendation

Minor Revision [H2]Comments to the author Nice article. Authors should explain in more detailed way about the articles were selected. How many of the were RCT or or just consecutive cases? What factor influenced select this time period for this review? It would be nice to add more information about what type of plate were used. And finally one or two plates were used how about this factor?

DOI of published article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2017.03.085. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2017.04.011 1743-9191

Accept [H2]Comments to the author Thanks, all asked corrections were done. Anonymous reviewer