In situ subtotal spleen resection combined with selective pericardial devascularization for the treatment of portal hypertension

Table 1 Comparison of serum immunoglobin levels in patients with portal hypertension before and after subtotal and total splenectomy (n = 15, mean ± SD)

	Subtotal splenectomy			Total splenectomy
	Pre-operation	Post-operation	P value	Pre-operation	Post-operation	P value
IgG (g/L)	14.5 ± 2.4	13.4 ± 2.9	> 0.05	13.7 ± 1.6	8.3 ± 2.0	< 0.05
IgA (g/L)	2.3 ± 0.4	2.1 ± 0.5	> 0.05	2.4 ± 0.4	2.2 ± 0.5	> 0.05
IgM (g/L)	0.80 ± 0.12	0.84 ± 0.18	> 0.05	0.85 ± 0.05	0.60 ± 0.07	< 0.05

Table 2 Comparison of operational indices between the total and subtotal splenectomy groups (n = 15, mean ± SD)

	Total splenectomy	Subtotal splenectomy	P value
Operation time (min)	168.67 ± 28.50	198.33 ± 29.92	0.010
Blood loss (mL)	117.33 ± 42.33	119.33 ± 38.63	0.893
Evacuation time (d)	2.19 ± 0.62	2.28 ± 0.77	0.736
Hospital stay (d)	8.60 ± 1.40	8.86 ± 1.29	0.613