Association between Hemiarthroplasty vs. Total Hip Arthroplasty and Major Surgical Complications among Patients with Femoral Neck Fracture
, Kazumasa Miyatake 1, Ara Nazarian 3, Koichiro Shiba 5, Atsushi Okawa 1, Kiyohide Fushimi 6 and Takeo Fujiwara 2
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
This well written article used a reasonably detailed, large dataset to perform matching of HA and THA patients treated for femoral neck fracture to compare outcomes. The findings are not surprising, but reasonably strong associations were found and these are important outcomes and would be of interest to surgeons working in this area.
I have only two minor grammatical suggestions, otherwise the study does not require revision. The conclusions are reasonable and the limitations are adequately acknowledged.
1. Methods, paragraph 1: “80% sensitivity and 90% sensitivity” should refer to sensitivity and specificity
2. Section “Outcomes after matching”: “this suggests matching agreed equal balance (Table 2)” should read ”… matching achieved equal balance…”
Author Response
First and foremost, we would like to thank Reviewer 1 for the valuable comments and suggestions to improve our manuscript. We have made a revision according to your comments, and we would like to submit our following point-by-point response:
This well written article used a reasonably detailed, large dataset to perform matching of HA and THA patients treated for femoral neck fracture to compare outcomes. The findings are not surprising, but reasonably strong associations were found and these are important outcomes and would be of interest to surgeons working in this area. I have only two minor grammatical suggestions, otherwise the study does not require revision. The conclusions are reasonable and the limitations are adequately acknowledged.
- Methods, paragraph 1: “80% sensitivity and 90% sensitivity” should refer to sensitivity and specificity
Response: According to the reviewer’s comment, we have revised our manuscript from “sensitivity” to “specificity” (Page 2, Line 78).
- Section “Outcomes after matching”: “this suggests matching agreed equal balance (Table 2)” should read ”… matching achieved equal balance…”
Response: According to the reviewer’s comment, we have revised our manuscript from “agreed” to “achieved” (Page 4, Line 152).We also have our manuscript English proofed by a professional English proof service, “Enago”(https://www.enago.com/). We hope that the revised manuscript will be of interest to readers of this journal. Any revisions were clearly highlighted, using the "Track Changes" function.
Reviewer 2 Report
it is a well written interesting article
the paper is very well prepared, but needs final shaping by an English native speaking
Author Response
it is a well written interesting article
the paper is very well prepared, but needs final shaping by an English native speakingResponse: We greatly appreciate Reviewer 2 for the very positive comments and feedback on our manuscript. We have our manuscript English proofed by a professional English proof service, “Enago”(https://www.enago.com/). We hope that the revised manuscript will be of interest to readers of this journal. Any revisions were clearly highlighted, using the "Track Changes" function.
