Modified laparoscopic splenectomy and azygoportal disconnection combined with cell salvage is feasible and might reduce the need for blood transfusion

Table 1 Patients’ demographic and clinical characteristics

Variable	Group A (n = 46)	Group B (n = 33)	P value
Sex
Male	29	16	0.197
Female	17	17
Age (yr)	54.67 ± 10.52	52.55 ± 9.76	0.364
Etiology
HBV cirrhosis	23	21	0.229
HCV cirrhosis	3	3	1.000
Schistosoma cirrhosis	6	1	0.253
Alcoholic cirrhosis	3	0	0.369
Autoimmunity liver cirrhosis	9	5	0.612
Cryptogenic	2	3	0.700
Child-Pugh classification			0.479
A	30	24
B	16	9
Longitudinal diameter of spleen (cm)	18.03 ± 2.97	19.16 ± 2.95	0.101
Spleen volume index (cm3)	1599.88 ± 791.84	1763.89 ± 715.56	0.348

Group A: Allogeneic blood transfusion group; Group B: Cell salvage and autologous blood transfusion group. HBV: Hepatitis B virus; HCV: Hepatitis C virus.