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A Mega Gall Bladder Refuting "Courvoisier's Law"
By Dr. Aswini Misro
Submited on: 16 Jun 2014 10:51:36 PM GMT
Published on: 17 Jun 2014 07:28:17 AM GMT
 
Courvoisiers Law
Posted by Dr. Veena K Karanth on 15 Jul 2014 03:45:04 AM GMT Reviewed by WMC Editors

  • What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?

    There is a misunderstanding of the Law


  • Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.

    No, infact, Law has been distorted


  • Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?

    No


  • Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?

    No


  • If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?

    NA


  • Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?

    NA


  • Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?

    No


  • Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?

    No


  • Other Comments:

    There is a distortion of the Law and this paper cannot be published.

    Courvoisier's Law is applied only in cases of Jaundice. there is no jaundice and one cannot apply this Law at all, so there is no question of it being 'unusual' etc.

  • Competing interests:
    None
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    Yes
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:

    None

  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    MS in General Surgery

  • How to cite:  Karanth V K.Courvoisiers Law[Review of the article 'A Mega Gall Bladder Refuting "Courvoisier's Law" ' by Misro A].WebmedCentral 2014;5(7):WMCRW003083
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