Prior Esophagogastric Devascularization Followed by Splenectomy for Liver Cirrhosis with Portal Hypertension: A Modified Laparoscopic Technique

Table 2

Comparison of intraoperative clinical data for both groups.

Variable	LSED group	M-LSED group	value
Cases	32	54
Operation time (min)			0.001
Conversion	4/32 (12.5%)	0/54	0.017
Blood loss (mL)			0.001
Transfusion	11/32 (34.4%)	13/54 (24.1%)	0.303
HAL	4/32 (12.5%)	0/54	0.017

HAL: hand-assisted LSED.