Laparoscopic splenectomy for treatment of splenic marginal zone lymphoma

Table 1 Demographic characteristics

Variable	SMZL		Liver cirrhosis	ITP	P1value1	P value2	P value3
	LS	OS
Cases	18	22	34	49
Age, yr	56.4 ± 10.5	52.0 ± 10.8	47.7 ± 12.2	36.2 ± 15.9	0.191	0.013	0.000
Sex (M/F)	8/10	10/12	16/18	10/39	0.949	0.857	0.049
Child-Pugh class					0.336	0.522	0.282
A	16 (88.9)	17 (77.3)	27 (79.4)	47 (95.9)
B	2 (11.1)	5 (22.7)	5 (14.7)	2 (4.1)
C	0	0	2 (5.9)	0 (0)
Comorbidity
ITP	1	2
SLE	1	0
Pulmonary effusion	1	2
Herpes zoster	1	1

Data are presented as mean ± SD or n (%).

¹SMZL-LS vs SMZL-OS groups;

²SMZL-LS vs liver cirrhosis group;

³SMZL-LS vs ITP groups. SMZL: Splenic marginal zone lymphoma; OS: Open splenectomy; LS: Laparoscopic splenectomy; ITP: Immune thrombocytopenia; M: Male; F: Female; SLE: Systemic lupus erythematosus.