A Novel Approach to Maintaining Normothermia in Major Spinal Deformity Surgery with an Esophageal Warming Device

Review Data

Purpose and Significance of Study: This is a report of the novel use of an esophageal warming device, added to standard care, to maintain normothermia in three patients during Major Spinal Deformity Surgery. Safety and efficacy compared to standard warming devices will need to be determined in future prospective trials.

 

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), which are listed below –

 

·       Description of the cases in sentence fragments instead of complete sentences.

·       Omission of articles, e.g., “the” before “maintenance” in the last sentence of the 1^st paragraph of Introduction, before “core” in the 6^th sentence of the Methods, and so on.

·       Use of incorrect tense, e.g., “is” after “device” in the 5^th sentence and after “temperature” in the 6^th sentence of the Methods must be replaced with “was”, and so on.

·       “Forced-air” must always be hyphenated.

Author Info

Alexander T. Mazal Carlos A. Bagley David L. McDonagh Matthew T. Davies Owen R. Davenport

Corresponding Author

David L. McDonagh
Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Management, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA

Article Info

Article Type

Case Report

Publication history

Received: Wed 13, May 2020
Accepted: Mon 01, Jun 2020
Published: Fri 12, Jun 2020

Copyright

© 2023 David L. McDonagh. 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.2020.06.05