Simultaneous partial splenectomy during liver transplantation for advanced cirrhosis patients combined with severe splenomegaly and hypersplenism

Table 4 Postoperative complications, n (%)

	LT group (n = 43)	PSLT group (n = 41)	P value
Postoperative hypersplenism	22 (51.1)	2 (4.8)	< 0.001
Recurrent ascites	8 (18.6)	1 (2.4)	0.029
Reoperation due to post-op bleeding	2 (4.6)	3 (7.3)	0.672
Postoperative pulmonary infection	5 (11.6)	4 (9.7)	> 0.99
Post-op thrombosis	1 (2.3)	1 (2.4)	> 0.99
Splenic arterial steal syndrome	4 (9.3)	0	0.116
Two-stage splenic embolization	17 (39.5)	0	< 0.001
Further splenectomy	6 (13.9)	0	0.026

LT: Liver transplantation; PSLT: Partial splenectomy during liver transplantation.