The Effect of Splenectomy on the Reversal of Cirrhosis: a Prospective Study

Table 2

Change of patients’ platelet counts and Child-Pugh results after splenectomy.

Parameters	Preoperation	1 day	1 week	1 month	3 months	6 months	12 months	24 months
Platelet counts
Child-Pugh
Score		—	—
Class
A	36 (58.06)	—	—	54 (91.53)	41 (91.11)	38 (95.00)	33 (97.06)	7 (100.00)
B	24 (38.71)	—	—	5 (8.47)	4 (8.89)	2 (5.00)	1 (2.94)	0
C	2 (3.23)	—	—	0	0	0	0	0

The overall changes of platelet counts and Child-Pugh results were significant among all the time points (all ), and the significance compared to preoperation, .