Review for 10.1186/s12876-020-01276-1 (2020)

Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Effect of Helicobacter pylori Eradication on Reflux Esop hagitis and GERD Symptoms 
after Endoscopic Resection of  Gastric Neoplasm: A Single -Center Prospective Study  
 
Version: 0 Date: 17 Mar 2020  
 
Reviewer: Vincenzo Savarino  
 
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The athors have performed this stud y in order to assess whether the eradication of H. pylori 
infection determines a significant increase in reflux esophagitis and GERD symptoms after 
eradication of the germ in patients who underwent endoscopic resection of early gastric cancer. 
The study is  original and the methodology is good, but some features need to be improved:  
 
- The percentages of success of eradication therapy are not clear through the text  
 
- The authors should consider only typical reflux symptoms in the methods section, because 
extra-esophageal symptoms do not necessarily pertain to GERD  
 
- The number of patients with RE is so small that this reviewer does not think that the analysis of 
variables associated with this disease is appropriate  
 
- The functional evaluation of esophageal EGJ  would have been useful to corroborate the results 
of the study  
 
- Other relevant physiologic studies of the esophagus in patients with and without H. pylori 
infection should be quoted (for instance Zentilin P, Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2003).  
 
- English langua ge should be improved  
 
Are the methods appropriate and well described?  
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Yes 
 
 
 
 
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Yes 
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
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Yes 
 
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I am able to assess the statistics  
 
Quality of  written English  
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Needs some language corrections before being published  
 
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