Review for 10.1186/s12876-020-01294-z (2020)

Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Duodenal perforations secondary to a migrated biliary plasti c stent successfully treated by 
endoscope: case -report and review of the literature.  
 
Version: 0 Date: 02 Jan 2020  
 
Reviewer: Sang -Heum Park  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
Thank authors for your interesting cases. As authors described, endoscopic treatment and effects 
of biliary stent -related perforations have been somewhat unusually reported. The following 
points are needed to be more educational;  
 
(1) A more significant issue in this paper is authors' opinion to sugg est the possible causes of 
biliary stent -related perforation, especially in terms of diameter, length and shape of bilary 
plastic stent. Also it would be better to suggest preventive method. In this regard, it is necessary 
to refer to the three cases of th e authors and the previous cases in Table 2 to presume the possible 
causes. However, it is recommended to exclude cases caused by metallic stents in Table 2.  
 
(2) There were no death after the endoscopic treatment fortunately in your cases, but there were 
four deaths in Table 2. A more detailed description of whether the cause of those deaths were 
related to endoscopic technique or other factors will help the reader to understand and to avoid 
such terrible results.  
 
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 th e necessary controls?  
If not, please specify which controls are required in your comments to the authors.  
 
No 
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
If not, please explain in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Are you able to assess any statistics in the manus cript 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 this manuscript  
 
Quality of written English  
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Needs some language corrections before being published  
 
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