Fig. 5

Depicted Kaplan Meier curves with adjusted data to present the cumulative incidence of achieving PBD goals with separate methods. As shown in A, for achieving TBIL ≤ 93.0µmol/L, the median time was 2 weeks in EBS and 3.5 weeks in PTCD. In EBS, the percentage of achieving TBIL ≤ 93.0µmol/L from 1 to 8 weeks were 18.9%, 50.9%, 76.4%, 78.3%, 84.0%, 84.9%, 85.8% and 85.8% separately, while 9.1%, 38.6%, 50.0%, 58.0%, 64.8%, 67.0%, 67.0% and 67.0% in PTCD. As shown in B, for achieving TBIL decay ≥ 68.5%, the median time was 3 weeks in EBS and PTCD. In EBS, the percentage of achieving TBIL decay ≥ 68.5% from 1 to 8 weeks were 17.9%, 47.2%, 63.2%, 69.8%, 69.8%, 69.8%, 72.6% and 74.5% separately, while 8.0%, 31.8%, 56.8%, 70.5%, 77.3%, 78.4%, 78.4% and 78.4% in PTCD