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Influence of splenectomy on survival in patients with malignant tumors of the pancreatic body and tail after radical pancreatectomy n (%)
| Procedures | Complications | Cases with follow-up | 1-yr survival | 3-yr survival | 5-yr survival |
| Combined spleen and pancreatectomy (n = 22) | 7 (31.8)a | 21 | 9 (42.9)a | 6 (28.6)a | 2 (9.5)a |
| Spleen-preserving pancreatectomy (n = 27) | 7 (25.9) | 26 | 16 (61.5) | 9 (34.6) | 3 (11.5) |
| Total (n = 49) | 14 (26.5) | 47 | 25 (53.2) | 15 (31.9) | 5 (10.6) |
P > 0.05.
