Review for 10.1186/s12876-019-1060-7 (2019)

Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Current role of colonoscopy in infants and young children: a multicenter study  
 
Version: 1 Date: 25 Jun 2019  
 
Reviewer: Looi Cheng Ee  
Reviewer's report:  
Study describes colonoscopy findings in young children aged <6yrs.  
 
Ileal intunbation rate was only described in  patients having general anaesthesia but not those 
with sedation. Was there a reason for this? Some explanation as to why that was so would be 
helpful.  
 
There are several grammatical changes that would improve how the paper reads including:  
 
In Background, the starting sentence should be "Advances in anesthetic techniques.......etc". The 
next sentence "........colon cancer in adults, there are few" not is few.  
 
In Discussion:  
"incompleting" is not a real word. Suggest sentence should read "Reasons for incom plete 
colonoscopy include severe colitis.........etc"  
 
The sentence "We defined EGID...........and malignancy" is already in Methods so no need to 
repeat it. Suggest delete this sentence from discussion.  
 
Also in discussion, the sentence "In the present st udy, it seems logical...........is therefore thought 
to be logical", the sentence would read better if the last part of the sentence "......is therefore 
thought to be logical" is omitted since you have already said it at the start. Suggest the sentence 
should read " In the present study, it seems logical that EGID and IBD were the most common 
diagnoses for children undergoing colonoscopy".   
 
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 whic h 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 manuscript or would you r ecommend 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.  
 
I am able to assess the statistics  
 
Quality of written English  
Please indi cate the quality of language in the manuscript:  
 
Needs some language corrections before being published  
 
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