Triple Trouble: Colonic Obstruction by Sigmoid Volvulus in a Patient Affected by Ogilvie Syndrome and Giant Bochdalek Hernia

Review Data

Purpose and Significance of Study: This is a unique report of a case of colonic obstruction by sigmoid volvulus in a mentally impaired patient affected by Ogilvie syndrome and giant Bochdalek hernia.

Fit with Scope of Journal: The manuscript is of very high interest for the journal Surgical Case Reports.

The manuscript contains a few minor errors (already corrected in the galley proof) are required in the text, which are listed below –

 

The common errors are –

·       Using “in” in place of “of” after “consist”.

·       Omission of articles, e.g., “an” before “emergency” in the 6^th sentence of the Abstract, “a” before “young” in the 2^nd sentence of the 1^st paragraph of the Introduction, and so on.

·       Omission of “,”, e.g., after “resected” in the 9^th sentence of the Case presentation, after “therefore” in the next sentence, and so on.

·       “Postoperative” must always be written without hyphen to maintain consistency.

The others are –

In the Abstract –

·       In the 5^th sentence, “and” before “found” must be removed.

In the Introduction –

  In the 1^st paragraph –

·       In the last sentence, “are” must be replaced with “is”.

  In the 4^th paragraph –

·       “have” must be replaced with “has”.

  In the last paragraph –

·       In the last sentence, “peculiar” is misspelled, “:” must be replaced with “–”, and “which” must be replaced with “what”.

In the Case Presentation –

·       In the 2^nd sentence, “were” before “reported” must be replaced with “was”.

·       In the 10^th sentence, “an” before “Hartmann” must be replaced with “a”.

·       In the last sentence, “movement” is misspelled.

In the Discussion –

  In the 1^st paragraph –

·       In the 1^st sentence, “raise” must be replaced with “raises”, and “:” must be replaced with “–”.

  In the 2^nd paragraph –

·       In the 2^nd sentence, “drugs” must be replaced with “drug”.

  In the 3^rd paragraph –

·       In the 1^st sentence, “patient” must be replaced with “patients”.

·       In the 4^th sentence, “serum” must instead be placed before “inflammatory”.

·       In the 5^th sentence, “laboratory examinations” must be removed.

  In the 4^th paragraph –

·       In the 2^nd sentence, “purpose” must be replaced with “purposes”.

·       In the 6^th sentence, “, both” must be removed.

  In the 5^th paragraph –

·       In the 2^nd sentence, “prosthetic” is misspelled.

In the Conclusions –

·       In the 1^st sentence, “,” after “hernia” must be removed, “results” must be replaced with “result”, and “both” must instead be placed after “concerning”.

·       In the last sentence, “an” before “ongoing” must be removed.

Author Info

Federico Marchesi Filippo Montali Gerardo Palmieri Renato Costi

Corresponding Author

Renato Costi
Unità Operativa di Chirurgia Generale, Ospedale di Vaio, Fidenza (Parma), Azienda Sanitaria Locale di Parma, Parma, Italia

Article Info

Article Type

Case Report

Publication history

Received: Mon 27, Apr 2020
Accepted: Mon 25, May 2020
Published: Fri 05, Jun 2020

Copyright

© 2023 Renato Costi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.SCR.2020.05.12