Elective Splenectomy Combined with Modified Hassab’s or Sugiura Procedure for Portal Hypertension in Decompensated Cirrhosis

Table 3

Incidence of mortality during follow-up.

Group	Hassab’s group	Sugiura group	P value
	(n = 91)	(n = 81)
Survival rate
1 year	82 (90.20%)	78 (96.29%)	0.11
3 years	75 (82.42%)	66 (81.48%)	0.87
5 years	65 (71.43%)	61 (75.31%)	0.57
Causes of death
Hepatic failure	13 (14.29%)	9 (11.11%)	0.53
Liver cancer	8 (8.79%)	2 (2.47%)	0.08
Renal failure	2 (2.20%)	2 (2.47%)	0.91
Upper gastrointestinal bleeding	7 (7.69%)	3 (3.70%)	0.26
Mortality
Variceal bleeding related	7 (7.69%)	3 (3.70%)	0.26
No bleeding related	23 (25.27%)	13 (16.05%)	0.14