Nationwide Subanalysis of Patient Profile for Same-Admission vs Post-Discharge Interval Cholecystectomy after Percutaneous Cholecystostomy Tube Placement
We received the critique of our article 1 Woodward S.G. Rios-Diaz A.J. Zheng R. et al. Finding the most favorable timing for cholecystectomy after percutaneous cholecystostomy tube placement: an analysis of institutional and national data. J Am Coll Surg. 2021; 232 : 55-64 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (4) Google Scholar from Sakamoto and Lefor and appreciate the feedback. In their letter to the editor, Sakamoto and Lefor identified 3 main points of clarification within our article, with the first questioning the exclusion of patients undergoing cholecystectomy within the same admission of percutaneous cholecystostomy tube (PCT) placement, the second point addressing patients with retained common bile duct stones postoperatively as it relates to PCT timing, and finally, using a linear assumption in analyzing the relationship between surgical complications and duration of PCT. We would like to address these points.