Abstract:We thank the writers for their letter regarding our paper, ''Predicting Success in Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage.'' As stated in our paper, we agree that percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) often results in decreased bilirubin levels [1] and our findings match those of the referenced papers [2][3][4][5]. However, our paper examines the efficacy of PTBD in achieving a goal of a particular bilirubin level. For our study, we evaluated achieving levels less than 2 mg/dL as this is requir… Show more
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