Laparoscopic Spleen-Preserving Distal Pancreatectomy (LSPDP) with Preservation of Splenic Vessels: An Inferior-Posterior Approach

Table 1

Comparison between the inferior-posterior approach group and other approach group.

	Inferior-posterior approach group ()	Other approach group ()	Statistics	value	value; (nonparametric tests)
Age	48.92 ± 16.73	54.86 ± 12.57	−1.37	0.18	0.29
Sex (M/F)	14/12	10/12	0.33	0.56
Preoperative diabetes
No	23	19		1.00
Yes	3	3
ASA grading
Grade I	23	19		1.00
Grade II	3	3
Tumor size (cm)	5.02 ± 2.19	4.96 ± 1.70	0.104	0.91	0.73
Operation time (min)	144.81 ± 27.55	186.36 ± 41.75	−4.13	0.00	<0.001
Intraoperative blood loss (ml)	136.15 ± 89.40	136.35 ± 82.84	−0.01	0.99	0.72
Hospital stay (d)	11.38 ± 3.50	11.41 ± 4.16	−0.02	0.98	0.89
Pancreatic fistula
No	23	19		1.00
Yes	3	3
Grade B pancreatic fistula
No	23	19		1.00
Yes	3	3

Results from Fisher’s exact test.