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.

VariableLSED groupM-LSED group value

Cases3254
Age0.315
Sex (M/F)22/1038/160.874
Child-Pugh class0.826
 A1630
 B1420
 C24
Bleeding history21380.647
Cause of liver cirrhosis (1/2/3/)a18/11/336/13/50.578
WBC counts (×109/L)0.147
Platelet counts (×109/L)45.0 ± 29.10.397
Splenic length (cm)0.580

aHepatitis B/C/schistosomiasis cirrhosis; WBC: white blood cell.