Image-Guided Percutaneous Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Musculoskeletal Tumors: An Analysis of 698 Cases and a Literature Review

Review Data

Purpose and Significance of Study: This is a retrospective analysis of 698 patients to determine the percentage of diagnostic procedures, diagnostic accuracy, and the incidence of complications with respect to imaging-guided percutaneous biopsy for musculoskeletal lesions. It also discussed the relevant existing literature.

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

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

The common errors are –

·       In the Abstract as well as body, the heading “Series” must be replaced with “Case series”.

·       Omission of articles, e.g., “the” before “aim” in the 2^nd sentence of Purpose in the Abstract, “the” before “diagnosis” in Discussion in the Abstract, and so on.

·       Omission or overuse of “,”, e.g., overuse after “evaluation” in the 1^st sentence of the 2^nd paragraph of Series, omission after “(113/119)” in the 5^th sentence of the 4^th paragraph of Series, and so on.

·       “PCB” must be replaced with “PCBs” where multiple procedures are referred to, e.g., in the 1^st sentence of the 2^nd paragraph of Series, in the 4^th sentence of the 4^th paragraph of Series, and so on.

The others are –

In the Introduction –

  In the 2^nd paragraph –

·       In the 4^th sentence, “be only” must be replaced with “only be”.

In the Series –

  In the 2^nd paragraph –

·       In the 4^th sentence, “performing biopsy” must be replaced with “biopsy was performed”, and “preoperative” must be written without hyphen to maintain consistency.

  In the 3^rd paragraph –

·       In the 3^rd sentence, “result” must be replaced with “results”, and “surgically” must instead be placed at the end of the sentence.

In the Discussion –

  In the 3^rd paragraph –

·       In the 4^th sentence, “tumours” must be replaced with “tumour”.

·       In the 6^th sentence, “patients non surgically treated” must be replaced with “non-surgically treated patients”.

  In the last paragraph –

·       In the 3^rd sentence, “:” must be replaced with “;”, “carefully” must be replaced with “careful”, and “on” before “imaging-guidance” must be removed.

Author Info

Giulia Trovarelli Adriana Ivette Castaneda-Martinez Elisa Pala Alessandro Cappellari Andrea Angelini Antonio Berizzi Pietro Ruggieri

Corresponding Author

Pietro Ruggieri
Department of Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Oncology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Article Info

Article Type

Research Article

Publication history

Received: Wed 13, May 2020
Accepted: Fri 29, May 2020
Published: Tue 30, Jun 2020

Copyright

© 2023 Pietro Ruggieri. 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.JSCR.2020.03.03