Review Reports

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Well written new method of managing difficult case

Author Response

Thanks for your comments and positive assessment.

Reviewer 2 Report

There are some flaws in this paper:

1. The Title may be misleading as this series is referred only to LSG and not "Bariatric Surgery" at large;
2.  Results and Discussion are somewhat contradictory as it seems that Authors advocate Rendezvous procedure while reported results show that group B pts have better outcomes and fare much better than group A (rendezvous approach)  
3. The series is retrospective, too limited (12 pts) and too time-scattered to draw any sugnificant conclusion. A prospective series is to be preferred, given the low incidence of SLL complication
4. A little remark:  Table 1 and 2 refer to groups 1 and 2 while these are named A and B throughout text: this should be amended  

Author Response

Thanks for your helpful comments. We changed the named detials (title, labeling in tables and insert a new paragraph into the discussion section). The  manuscript has benefited from these changes. Thanks for your effort.

Reviewer 3 Report

Good article on an interesting topic

Author Response

Thanks for your positive assessment.

Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

There are still some minor flaws to be amended:

1. Lines 63-64:  ...so called ....(OPD): this has already been defined in line 60
2. Lines 181-183 and lines 208-210 report the same sentence. One of the two must be erased.

Author Response

Dear Reviewer, thanks a lot for your comments. We changed the named points.