Review for 10.1186/s12876-019-0932-1 (2019)

Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome coexists with Nut cracker Syndrome in a female: a 
case report  
 
Version: 1 Date: 04 Oct 2018  
 
Reviewer: Jussi Karkkainen  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
The authors report a case of bowel obstruction caused by SMA syndrome. The acute symptoms 
resolved with decompression by nasogastric tube. The CT images of this case report are  
illustrative and conclusive.  
 
 
It is unclear, whether the use of spasmolytic drugs was a predisposing factor for the acute 
symptoms. Was the patient still on that medication during hospitalisation? How often and for 
how long did she need the medication? Pl ease be more precise. Use small first letters when 
captioning generic drug names. Avoid abbreviations such as po tid, not everyone knows what 
this means.  
 
 
No need to abbreviate AA, AMD.  
 
 
0.37mm must be a mistake. I suggest using mm instead of cm throughout the manuscript.  
 
 
The weakness of this case report is that there is no follow -up. How long was the patient 
followed? Is she still symptomatic? Did she gain weight? If this is information is not available in 
the medical records, maybe a simple phone call to the patient would clarify this.  
 
 
The authors stress that this condition could be life -threatening and misdiagnosis is dangerous. 
What are the potential complications? Any reference in th e literature of potentially lethal 
complications?  
 
 
Please discuss any surgical treatment options with adequate references.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Are the methods appropriate and well described?  
If not, please specify what is required in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Does the work include the necessary controls?  
If not, please specify which controls are required in your comment s 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 manus cript or would you recommend an 
additional st atistical 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 this manuscript  
 
Quality of written English  
Please indicate the quality of language  in the manuscript:  
 
Needs some language cor rections before being published  
 
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