Anatomy and influence of the splenic artery in laparoscopic spleen-preserving splenic lymphadenectomy

Table 1 Vascular anatomy of the splenic hilum in the 2 groups

	Terminal branches of the SpA		P value
	Concentrated type	Distributed type
Type of SpA			0.001
Single branch SpA	22	0
2-branched SpA	157	93
3-branched SpA	26	17
Multiple-branched SpA	0	2
SpA along the pancrease			0.561
Type I	61	26
Type II	133	78
Type III	7	6
Type IV	4	2
SUPA	27	23	0.085
SLPA	13	3	0.154
No. of SGAs	3.60 ± 1.05	3.63 ± 1.17	0.821

SUPA: Splenic upper pole artery; SLPA: Splenic lower pole artery; SGA: Short gastric artery.