Review for 10.1186/s12876-020-01328-6 (2020)

Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: A combination of single -balloon enteroscopy -assisted lap aroscopy and endoscopic 
mucosal resection for treating gastrointestinal venous malformations in blue rubber bleb nev us 
syndrome: A case report  
 
Version: 0 Date: 25 Mar 2020  
 
Reviewer: Kinichi Hotta  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
Dr. Xu Y et al. reported a case of BRBRS with multiple GI malformations. They described the 
patient were suc cessfully treated by SBE assisted laparoscopy and EMR. There are some 
question about a manuscripts.  
 
 
Comments:  
 
1) What is SBE assisted laparoscopy? Was it intraoperative enteroscopy? How did they 
treat small intestine lesions, only EMR, or partial resectio n of small intestine? Please 
explain detail of procedure.  
 
2) Were these lesions treated by EMRs by a single session?  
 
3) Did they try SBE without laparoscopy? Laparoscopy seemed not minimal -invasive.  
 
4) Please shorten discussion section. I think description  about therapeutic method is most 
important.  
 
Are the methods appropriate and well described?  
If not, please specify what is required in your comments to the authors.  
 
Unable to assess  
 
Does the work include the necessary controls?  
If not, please specify which controls are required in your comments to the authors.  
 
Unable to assess  
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
If not, please explain in your comments to the authors.  
 
Unable to assess  
 
Are you able to assess any statistics in the manuscript or would you recommend an  
additional statistical review?  
If an additional statistical review is recommended, please speci fy what aspects require further 
assessment in your comments to the editors.  
 
Not relevant to thi s manuscript  
 
Quality of written English  
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscript:  
 
Needs some language corrections before being published  
 
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