Submited on: 18 Oct 2010 04:36:08 PM GMT
Published on: 18 Oct 2010 06:02:44 PM GMT
 

1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? Yes
3 Is this a new and original contribution? Yes
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? Yes
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? No
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? Yes
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? Yes
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? No
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? Yes
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? Yes
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? Yes
  • Other Comments:

    A very relevant topic especially for Africa and post pregnancy fistulas.  Great outcomes!

  • Competing interests:
    Have similar results with laparoscopic bladder repairs but not this long....Follow up of 6 months but a cumulative 6 year experience.
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    Repair a lot of fistulas, but gynecological, not obstetric.

  • How to cite:  Agarwala N .12 year experience with bladder only repair for fistulas[Review of the article 'Bladder-only Repair Of Vesicovaginal Fistula: Twelve Years Experience In South-eastern Nigeria ' by Iloabachie G].WebmedCentral 2011;2(6):WMCRW00834
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1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? Yes
3 Is this a new and original contribution? No
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? Yes
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? Yes
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? No
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? No
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? Yes
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? Yes
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? Yes
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? Yes
  • Other Comments:

    The article is well written however it does not add new information to the body of literature.

  • Competing interests:
    No
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    Yes
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    Yes
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    Research in reproductive health for over 5 years

  • How to cite:  Kalilani-Phiri L .Bladder-only Repair Of Vesicovaginal Fistula: Twelve Years Experience In South-eastern Nigeria[Review of the article 'Bladder-only Repair Of Vesicovaginal Fistula: Twelve Years Experience In South-eastern Nigeria ' by Iloabachie G].WebmedCentral 2011;2(4):WMCRW00691
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1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? No
3 Is this a new and original contribution? Yes
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? No
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? No
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? Yes
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? No
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? Yes
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? No
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? No
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? Yes
  • Other Comments:

    The authors have a fairly large data to draw some conclusions from. However, the write-up will be more useful if the authors compared their 'good' results with this method with the conventional repair. in this case, they have to compare among other things, similar number of more of repairs by the conventional method, the success rate at first attempt of repair, morbidities of the methods, relative costs, average time taken for  the procedures, etc. This will tell whether this method of repair is superior to the conventional method thus convincing others to adopt this method of repair. otherwise the paper is just giving an information and readers are left to look elsewhere for comparison.

     

    There were no tables or illustrations

  • Competing interests:
    No
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    Yes
  • References:
    Mutihir, J. T., Amu, O., Liman, H. (2010). Successful Repair of Iatrogenic Cyclical Menouria. Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice. 13(3): 344-346.
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    Moderate

  • How to cite:  Mutihir J .Bladder-only Repiar of VVF: Twelve-year Experience in South-eastern Nigeria[Review of the article 'Bladder-only Repair Of Vesicovaginal Fistula: Twelve Years Experience In South-eastern Nigeria ' by Iloabachie G].WebmedCentral 2011;2(2):WMCRW00442
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biadder only repair of vesicovaginal fistula
Posted by Dr. V Aseeja on 30 Jan 2011 02:56:09 PM GMT

1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? Yes
3 Is this a new and original contribution? Yes
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? Yes
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? Yes
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? No
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? No
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? Yes
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? Yes
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? Yes
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? Yes
  • Other Comments:

    good article and new experience of vesicovaginal fistula reair technique

  • Competing interests:
    no
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    Yes
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    experience of fistula repair through vaginal route by layered technique

  • How to cite:  Aseeja V .biadder only repair of vesicovaginal fistula[Review of the article 'Bladder-only Repair Of Vesicovaginal Fistula: Twelve Years Experience In South-eastern Nigeria ' by Iloabachie G].WebmedCentral 2011;2(1):WMCRW00423
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1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? Partly
3 Is this a new and original contribution? Yes
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? No
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? No
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? Yes
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? No
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? Yes
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? Yes
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? Yes
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? Yes
  • Other Comments:

    I have reviewed the article titled -Bladder-only Repair of Vesicovaginal Fistula: Twelve Years Experience In South-eastern Nigeria. The article reported a new technique of repair of vesico-vaginal fistula, a common obstetric problem in Sub-Saharan Africa.

     

    The bladder- only repair technique, a prospective study over a twelve year period is novel, but there are serious limitations in the methods and ethical issues in the said article.

     

    The new technique was used in both the teaching hospital at Enugu and Aghaeze hospital. If Aghaeze hospital is a private hospital or mission hospital was not stated. This should have been stated since post operative care following fistula repair is critical to successful repair and may not necessarily be the same at both facilities.

    The authors did not state the prevalence of vesico-vaginal fistula in their environment and did not state how they arrived at the sample size of 87 women

     

    There was no mention of ethical issues as regards the new repair technique. Were the women informed they were participating in a research which evaluated a new repair technique? The consent- taking process was not highlighted. More so, if the research got an approval from an Institutional research ethics committee was not stated. Since it was a research, if the women paid for the repair was also not stated.

     

     No mention was made of the site of repair of the 9 failed procedures since most fistulas were Juxtacervical in type and if any failed repair occurred at Aghaeze Hospital?

  • Competing interests:
    No
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    Yes
  • References:
    Vesico-vaginal fistula in a patient with Meyer-Rokitansky-K?ster-Hauser syndrome. Okusanya BO, Garba KKD. Niger Postgrad Med J 2010; 17(1):64-66.
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:
    I have some experience. I have been in the speciality of Obstetrics and Gynaecology for 9 years.
  • How to cite:  Okusanya B O.Review of Bladder-only repair of vesicovaginal fistula: Twelve years experience in South-eastern Nigeria[Review of the article 'Bladder-only Repair Of Vesicovaginal Fistula: Twelve Years Experience In South-eastern Nigeria ' by Iloabachie G].WebmedCentral 2011;2(1):WMCRW00382
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1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? Partly
3 Is this a new and original contribution? Yes
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? Yes
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? No
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? Yes
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? Yes
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? Yes
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? Yes
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? No
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? Yes
  • Other Comments:

    i would like to comment on the following -

    1. How were the patients chosen to have this type of repair- Were there any inclusion criteria for such repair?

    2. Those who had primary failure- what was the site of fistula?

    3. Authors mentioned about post operative stenosis- what was the follow up time scale? 

  • Competing interests:
    none
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    Yes
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    I am an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with interest in urogynaecology.

  • How to cite:  Arora P .Bladder-only Repair Of Vesicovaginal Fistula: Twelve Years Experience In South-eastern Nigeria[Review of the article 'Bladder-only Repair Of Vesicovaginal Fistula: Twelve Years Experience In South-eastern Nigeria ' by Iloabachie G].WebmedCentral 2011;1(12):WMCRW00276
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review of article
Posted by Dr. SJ Shah on 21 Dec 2010 08:34:01 AM GMT

1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? Partly
3 Is this a new and original contribution? Yes
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? No
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? No
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? Yes
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? Yes
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? No
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? No
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? No
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? No
  • Other Comments:

    the vvf should be classified acco. to size. those less than 6-8 mm can be tried by fulguration only and even surgery can be avoided. we have done 8 patients with success of more than 86%

    for larger than 8 mm only transvesical repair with fistulous tract excision is a good concept. we have done more than 33 patients, with 10 yrs f/u.

  • Competing interests:
    no
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    Yes
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    Yes
  • References:
    journal of endourology vol.23, 7th july 2009
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    8 cases of fulguration and 33 cases of lap. vvf repair

  • How to cite:  Shah S .review of article[Review of the article 'Bladder-only Repair Of Vesicovaginal Fistula: Twelve Years Experience In South-eastern Nigeria ' by Iloabachie G].WebmedCentral 2011;1(12):WMCRW00273
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1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? Yes
3 Is this a new and original contribution? Yes
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? Yes
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? Yes
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? Yes
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? No
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? Yes
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? Yes
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? No
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? Yes
  • Other Comments:

    The figures in the manuscript does not add  up. From the abstract; 87 cases were reviewed but in the body of manuscript 89 cases were mentioned.

    The Authors should inform the readers the total number of cases of vesicovaginal fistula that presented to the hospitals during the 12 year period. Also they should provide information is there are criteria for selecting patients for bladder-only repair. 

    In their centres, what is the success rate of the traditional method ( vaginal and bladder repair) of fistula repair?

    The references are quite old, the Authors would need to do more literature review and update the references

  • Competing interests:
    none
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    Yes
  • References:
    Ajenifuja KO, Adepiti AC and Loto MO. 2009. A review of Clinical Pattern and Outcome of VVF Repair. Journal of National Medical Association. (101), 593-595.
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    I have been an gynaecologist for the past 7 years and I have been involved in vesicovaginal fistula repair right from my residency years. I have recently published a review if vvf repair in my centre

  • How to cite:  Ajenifuja O K.Bladder-only repair of vesicovaginal fistula; twelve yearss experience in south-eastern nigeria[Review of the article 'Bladder-only Repair Of Vesicovaginal Fistula: Twelve Years Experience In South-eastern Nigeria ' by Iloabachie G].WebmedCentral 2011;1(12):WMCRW00258
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