Challenges and Results of Laparoscopic Splenectomy for Hematological Diseases in a Developing Country

Table 1

Operative characteristics.

	Mean	Median	Standard deviation	Range
Operating time (in min)	130	130	49	108-224
Blood loss (in ml)	456	253	120	Negligible to 1600
Time of orally allowing (in hrs)	8	8	3.2	6-24
Total postoperative stay (in days)	4	4	2.1	3-9
Total hospital stay (in days)	6	7	2.52	4-12