Clinical Study
Prior Esophagogastric Devascularization Followed by Splenectomy for Liver Cirrhosis with Portal Hypertension: A Modified Laparoscopic Technique
Table 1
Preoperative clinical data for both groups.
| Variable | LSED group | M-LSED group | value |
| Cases | 32 | 54 | | Age | | | 0.315 | Sex (M/F) | 22/10 | 38/16 | 0.874 | Child-Pugh class | | | 0.826 | A | 16 | 30 | | B | 14 | 20 | | C | 2 | 4 | | Bleeding history | 21 | 38 | 0.647 | Cause of liver cirrhosis (1/2/3/)a | 18/11/3 | 36/13/5 | 0.578 | WBC counts (×109/L) | | | 0.147 | Platelet counts (×109/L) | | 45.0 ± 29.1 | 0.397 | Splenic length (cm) | | | 0.580 |
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aHepatitis B/C/schistosomiasis cirrhosis; WBC: white blood cell.
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