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

Table 4

Incidence of morbidity during follow-up.

Group	Hassab’s group	Sugiura group	P value
	(n = 71)	(n = 63)
No deadly upper gastrointestinal bleeding (n, %)	22 (30.96%)	12 (19.05%)	0.11
Portal vein thrombosis (n, %)	3 (4.23%)	2 (3.17%)	0.75
Ascites (n, %)	13 (18.31%)	9 (14.29%)	0.53
Hepatic encephalopathy (n, %)	12 (16.90%)	7 (11.11%)	0.34
Pleural effusion (n, %)	5 (7.04%)	3 (4.76%)	0.58
Gastric retention (n, %)	1 (1.41%)	4 (6.35%)	0.13
Anastomotic stricture (n, %)	0	3 (4.76%)	0.06