Submited on: 03 May 2012 05:10:43 PM GMT
Published on: 04 May 2012 06:04:30 PM GMT
 

  • What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?

    Endoscopic reduction of the fracture of the floor of orbit and support of the reduced fragments with the help of Foley Catheter. No surgical scar on the face. Foley's catherter available easily in all centers, a cheap, fast and effective substitute for a pack.


  • Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.

    Yes. However, endoscopic reduction of fracture of orbital floor; and the use of Foley catheter to reduce the frature (Park, Chan Hum MD; Lee, Jun Ho MD; Hong, Seok Min MD; Lee, Ok Joo PhD

    Reduction of Inferior Orbital Wall Fractures Using a Foley Catheter and an Endoloop

    Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care:
    March 2011 - Volume 70 - Issue 3 - pp E38-E41
    doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181e4d743)

    have been descrinbed.

    But the use of endoscope to reduce the fracture and the use of Foley catheter to support the fragments have not been described in any of the published literature. 


  • Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?

    Yes


  • Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?

    Yes


  • If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?

    NA


  • Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?

    NA


  • Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?

    NA


  • Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?

    Yes. An easy method to reduce the orbital blow out fracture, which may be done in any center wioth minimum facilities. Most centers, even in developing countries, have endoscopic instruments. Hence this could be a procedure of choice to reduce blow out fracture of the orbit, which may be done even in presence of orbital lid oedema.


  • Other Comments:

    This may be published without any major changes. However, the time delay in intervention may be mentioned.

  • Competing interests:
    No
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    Have done endoscopic reduction of fracture of the orbital floor with BIPP packing through an inferior meatus antrostomy.

  • How to cite:  Mathew J .Blow Out Fracture Orbit Endoscopic Reduction a Novel Management Modality[Review of the article 'Blow Out Fracture Orbit Endoscopic Reduction a Novel Management Modality ' by Ulaganathan V].WebmedCentral 2012;3(7):WMCRW002110
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  • Other Comments: Can be published without changes
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    NA
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:
    None
  • How to cite:  Ramamoorthy M .Blow out fracture orbit endoscopic reduction a novel management modality[Review of the article 'Blow Out Fracture Orbit Endoscopic Reduction a Novel Management Modality ' by Ulaganathan V].WebmedCentral 2012;3(5):WMCRW001767
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