Post-Tuberculosis (TB) Treatment: The Role of Surgery and Rehabilitation
, Emanuele Pontali 7, Alessandro Wasum Mariani 8,9, Elisabetta Zampogna 1, Martin van den Boom 10, Antonio Spanevello 1,2 and Giovanni Battista Migliori 5,*Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The submitted paper entitled “Post-TB treatment: the role of surgery and rehabilitation” describes the available evidence with regards to the diagnosis and management of post-treatment as well as pulmonary rehabilitation in tuberculosis-cured patients.
The concept of the work is not new. Many papers evaluated surgery and pulmonary rehabilitation as medical interventions aimed at improving the conditions of patients suffering from pulmonary diseases. However, the clinical, epidemiological and economic importance of TB fully justifies such an analysis helping in refining the management of the disease.
My comments are as follows:
The manuscript is well written and does not need any professional proofreading.
The title is informative, clearly stated aim tally with the content of the paper.
All references were cited in the text correctly.
The paper is really interesting and may interest many readerships including epidemiologists or clinicians.
Reviewer 2 Report
Post-treatment sequelae of TB requires more attention. Visca et al. described the available evidence with regards to the diagnosis and management of post-treatment and surgical sequelae in this review. The author summarized post-treatment functional evaluation, pulmonary rehabilitation, LTOT and ventilation, physiotherapy, exercise training, education and psychological. This review would be benefit to readers for consideration in post-TB treatment.
