Impact of Spleen Size on Outcomes in Laparoscopic Splenectomy in Children

Table 2

The comparison of patients in Group I (patients with normal sized spleens) and Group II (patients with splenic lengths exceeding the upper limits based on the patients’ ages) in terms of patients’ demographic data, the number of ports, operation time, rate of conversion to an open procedure, and length of hospital stay.

	Group I ()	Group II ()
Gender
Female	5	19
Male	6	20
Age (y)	9.72	6.12
Diagnosis
Hematologic
HS	3	15
ITP	7	6
β-thal.		13
AHA	1	1
Splenic cysts		2
Unknown origin		1
Lymphangioma		1
Mean number of ports	3.27	3.46	0.26
Mean length of the operation (min)	116.36	132.17	0.31
Rate of conversion to open procedure	1/11	4/39	0.70
Mean length of hospital stay (days)	3.36	3.23	0.81

The difference between the number of the ports, the operative time, rate of conversion to an open procedure, and length of hospital stay was not significant for Group I and Group II ( ≤ 0.05) (HS: hereditary spherocytosis, ITP: idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, β-thal.: -thalassemia, and AHA: autoimmune hemolytic anemia).