Efficacy and safety of laparoscopic splenectomy for hypersplenism secondary to portal hypertension after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt

Table 1 The postoperative clinical character of the six patients

Case number	Year	Sex	Age	Child–Pugh score	Child–Pugh grade	WBC (× 10⁹/L)	PLT (× 10⁹/L)	HB (g/L)
Case1	2014	M	42	5	A	1.98	60	98
Case2	2014	M	40	8	B	3.86	67	66
Case3	2016	F	51	7	B	1.68	29	102
Case4	2016	M	58	6	A	3.65	24	125
Case5	2017	M	45	7	B	2.64	25	89
Case6	2019	M	49	8	B	2.82	23	74

Case number	Size of spleen (cm)	Gastroscopy findings	History of bleeding	Gap time^a (months)
Case1	18.0 × 6.0	Serious esophagogastric varices	2	28
Case2	17.5 × 7.3	Serious esophagogastric varices	2	10
Case3	21.3 × 7.0	Moderate esophagogastric varices	1	8
Case4	13.8 × 5.0	Moderate esophagogastric varices	2	26
Case5	17.4 × 7.2	Serious esophagogastric varices	1	18
Case6	21.7 × 7.2	Serious esophagogastric varices	1	4

WBC: White blood cell; PLT: Platelet; HB: Hemoglobin
^aGap time refers to the gap time between transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt and the following laparoscopic splenectomy

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