Prognosis after splenectomy plus pericardial devascularization vs transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for esophagogastric variceal bleeding

Table 1 Baseline features of the study population

Characteristic	Before PSM			After PSM
	SPD group	TIPS group	P value	SPD group	TIPS group	P value
Age, yr	44.14 ± 10.64	49.57 ± 11.24	< 0.001	46.41 ± 10.81	47.16 ± 10.95	0.65
Male, n (%)	121 (74.7)	105 (67.3)	0.15	64 (71.1)	60 (66.7)	0.520
Bleeding history, mo	12.70 ± 24.19	12.83 ± 21.95	0.961	13.64 ± 26.76	13.6 ± 22.62	0.99
Spleen length, cm	20.121 ± 4.49	19.27 ± 4.05	0.08	19.86 ± 4.47	18.85 ± 3.57	0.10
Spleen thickness, cm	6.47 ± 1.43	6.20 ± 1.42	0.09	6.31 ± 1.29	6.05 ± 1.07	0.14
TB, μmol/L	22.81 ± 9.93	22.18 ± 10.22	0.58	23.68 ± 10.60	21.99 ± 9.65	0.26
ALT, IU/L	34.561 ± 27.68	32.08 ± 35.49	0.49	29.81 ± 19.33	29.34 ± 15.25	0.86
AST, IU/L	40.651 ± 29.05	41.218 ± 35.80	0.88	36.37 ± 22.78	37.32 ± 18.09	0.76
ALB, g/L	37.71 ± 5.28	33.13 ± 6.19	< 0.001	36.35 ± 4.58	35.46 ± 5.15	0.22
A/G	1.311 ± 0.29	1.52 ± 3.40	0.45	1.31 ± 0.27	1.28 ± 0.29	0.58
ALP, IU/L	87.10 ± 39.98	85.08 ± 52.93	0.70	86.42 ± 37.50	86.93 ± 57.34	0.94
GGT, IU/L	50.13 ± 59.94	49.26 ± 61.59	0.90	53.35 ± 71.03	49.14 ± 63.91	0.68
BUN, mmol/L	6.038 ± 7.87	5.89 ± 2.76	0.82	6.48 ± 10.44	5.56 ± 2.00	0.42
CREA, μmol/L	72.92 ± 17.01	73.02 ± 18.40	0.96	73.20 ± 18.54	69.36 ± 14.59	0.13
HGB, g/L	99.74 ± 27.85	84.38 ± 23.18	< 0.001	94.42 ± 30.02	91.07 ± 23.76	0.41
RBC, × 1012/L	3.71 ± 0.82	3.06 ± 0.79	< 0.001	3.46 ± 0.81	3.39 ± 0.79	0.54
PLT, × 109/L	51.85 ± 43.11	55.13 ± 37.11	0.47	50.76 ± 45.62	52.86 ± 24.49	0.70
WBC, × 109/L	3.68 ± 3.85	3.59 ± 3.93	0.83	3.10 ± 2.56	3.38 ± 2.26	0.43
PT, s	14.67 ± 3.79	14.76 ± 2.08	0.79	14.38 ± 1.95	14.21 ± 1.75	0.54
INR	1.27 ± 0.17	1.32 ± 0.19	0.02	1.28 ± 0.17	1.27 ± 0.15	0.46
HBV-DNA Positive	80 (49.4)	81 (51.9)	0.65	47 (52.2)	48 (53.3)	0.88
Child-Pugh classification, n (%)			0.17			1.00
A	89 (54.9)	75 (48.1)		49 (54.4)	49 (54.4)
B	73 (45.1)	81 (51.9)		41 (45.6)	41 (45.6)
Severe EGV, n (%)	131 (80.9)	124 (79.5)	0.78	73 (81.1)	74 (82.2)	1.00

SPD: Splenectomy plus pericardial devascularization; TIPS: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt; TB: Total bilirubin; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALB: Albumin; A/G: Albumin/globulin; ALP: Alkaline phosphatase; GGT: Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase; HGB: Hemoglobin; RBC: Red blood cell count; WBC: White blood cell count; PLT: Platelets; PT: Prothrombin time; INR: International normalized ratio; HBV: Hepatitis B virus; EGV: Esophagogastric varices; PSM: Propensity score-matched analysis.