Identification of Independent Risk Factors for Skin Complications in a Multifactorial Logistic Regression Analysis of Simultaneous Immediate Autologous Breast Reconstruction and Skin Reduction Mastectomy in Large and Ptotic Breasts Using an Inferiorly Based Deepithelialized Dermal Breast Flap
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The article covers very practical issue of breat reconstruction in large and ptopic breasts. The study examined the outcome of 62 breast reconstructions. Rate of major coplications was 7%. The authors found that higher patient age, BMI and operation time increase the risk of skin complications.
The study was planned properly. The results are clearly presented The article is well written.
I recomend to publish the article without major revision.
Author Response
We thank the reviewer for his/her positive reception of the manuscript.
Reviewer 2 Report
Overall, the manuscript is well-written and presents complicated material in an easy to follow manner. Upon reading the discussion, it is clear that the topic presented has not been investigated by other researchers. The intraoperative images are clearly labeled, easily understandable and assist the reader with visualization of the described surgical techniques. Corresponding surgical technique descriptions were concise but descriptive and easy to correlate to the accompanying images. The conclusions drawn by the authors are logical and supported by the data presented. Statistical analysis is thorough.
Minimal feedback as below is ordered as the content appears in the manuscript.
- Figure 1: Is there a word missing in the top left box? (Consecutive ID... reconstruction using __??__)
- In Table 3, 4, 6 consider clarifying the breakdown for alcohol to match that in Table 5.
Author Response
We thank the reviewer for his/her positive reception of the paper.
We have corrected the left top box in fig. 1. The missing sentence was inserted.
Table 3,4, and 6 were revised according to table 5. Table layout corrected.
Minor errors spell check errors were corrected.
