Consecutive laparoscopic gallbladder and spleen resections in cirrhotic patients

Table 1 Demographic characteristics and preoperative information

Variable	Group 1	Group 21	Group 32
Cases	17	58	14
Sex (M/F)	10/7	26/32	8/6
Age (yr)	55.9 ± 12.9	49.7 ± 14.5	50.8 ± 7.6
ASA classification
II	1	13	0
III	15	42	13
IV	1	3	1
Child-Pugh class
A	7	37	10
B	10	19	4
C	0	2	0
Splenic size (cm)	24.8 ± 6.8	22.1 ± 4.9	24.6 ± 3.3
Laboratory data
HGB (g/L)	96.0	111.5	116.0
	(86.0-128.0)	(91.5-125.0)	(93.0-133.5)
Platelet (× 109/L)	34.0	37.0	37.5
	(27.0-38.5)	(27.0-44.5)	(32.0-51.0)
WBC (× 109/L)	2.0	2.2	2.6
	(1.7-3.2)	(1.7-3.0)	(1.7-3.5)
Total bilirubin (mmol/L)	24.2	21.0	16.3
	(14.3-39.6)	(16.0-25.3)	(15.5-19.1)
AST (IU/L)	50.0	31.5	38.5
	(24.5-83.0)	(22.0-45.8)	(30.3-47.0)
ALT (IU/L)	34.0	33.5	33.0
	(25.0-74.0)	(25.8-50.3)	(25.0-42.5)
ALB (g/L)	37.5	38.3	39.6
	(34.2-39.5)	(34.8-40.8)	(36.6-42.2)
Prothrombin time (s)	13.2	12.9	13.8
	(12.5-15.1)	(11.2-14.9)	(12.3-14.7)
Diagnoses
Posthepatitic cirrhosis	17	51	11
Alcoholic cirrhosis	0	4	1
Schistosomiasis cirrhosis	0	3	2

Data are expressed as absolute median (range) or mean ± SD. No significant differences were detected for

¹group 1 vs group 2 or

²group 1 vs group 3. ASA: American Society of Anaesthesiologists; HGB: Haemoglobin; WBC: White blood cell; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; ALB: Albumin.