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Table 2.

Comparisons of results for PTGBA and PTGBD

Authors	Number of patients	Technical success	Clinical responses	Complications
Ito (2004)12	PTGBA, 28	82%	61%	0.4%
	PTGBD, 30	100%	90%*	0.3%
Kutsumi (2004)10	PTGBA, 94	100%	83% (91%^a)	1.1%
	PTGBD, 13	100%	–	23.1%
Chopra (2001)3	PTGBA, 31	97%	74%	0
	PTGBD, 22	97%	86%	12%*
Mizumoto (1992)11	PTGBA, 58	98%	81% (94%^a)	2.5%
	–

* P < 0.05

^a PTGBA was performed twice or more