Laparoscopic splenectomy for hypersplenism secondary to liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension

Table 1 Outcomes for selected studies of laparoscopic splenectomy in portal hypertension

Ref.	n	Operative time (min)	Blood loss (mL)	Conversion	Major complications	Hospital stay (d)	Additional procedures
Hashizume et al[29], 2002	73	210.1 ± 101.9	374.7 ± 352.4	7	0	31 ± 25.5	Devascularization (15)
Kercher et al[19], 2004	11	189 (79-245)	141 (10-60)	HALS (4)	0	2.6 (1-6)	0
Watanabe et al[20], 2007	25	173 ± 53	359 ± 280	HALS (4)	0	NR	0
Hama et al[3], 2008	17	171 ± 68	248 ± 312	HALS (3)	Bleeding requiring re-surgery (2)	10.0 ± 4.0	0
Zhu et al[2], 2009	81	174 ± 42	150.6 ± 135.4	5	0	8.2 ± 2.0	0
Akahoshi et al[5], 2010	21	237.7 ± 43.5	138.2 ± 190.6	HALS (2)	0	12.6 ± 7.3	0
Cai et al[23], 2011	24	224 ± 44	162 ± 126	1	Bleeding requiring re-surgery (1)	7.5 ± 1.7	Devascularization (5)
Ando et al[48], 2012	10	224 ± 56	342 ± 513	0	0	14.6 ± 3.5	0
Wang et al[24], 2013	40	150 ± 30	150 ± 110	2	Postoperative bleeding (2)	6.1 ± 2.2	0

LS: Laparoscopic splenectomy; HALS: Hand-assisted laparoscopic splenectomy; NR: Not reported.